3 Paper Badges Mounted on Card

Object/Artifact

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Museum of Transology

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Name/Title

3 Paper Badges Mounted on Card

Entry/Object ID

MOT/2024/NDOTC/CARD/012

Tags

Badge, Cardiff, Wales/Welsh/Cymru, National Day of Trans Collecting

Description

This object was collected during the Museum of Transology's National Day of Trans Collecting and has been formally acquired by St. Fagans National Museum of History. You can find more about their museum and its collection at: www.museum.wales/stfagans/

Collection

National Day of Trans Collecting

Category

Badges

Dimensions

Height

110 mm

Width

110 mm

Depth

5 mm

Maintenance

Maintenance History

Notes

Bishopsgate Institute, London

Provenance

Provenance Detail

Tag Transcription

Notes

STICKERS AND PATCHES ARE THE BREAD AND BUTTER OF MOST QUEER ORGS. THESE STICKERS ARE REMNANTS OF WHEN WE WERE ADVERTISING OUR SERVICES VIA HOME MADE STICKERS MADE OF CARPET TAPE BARING OUR NAME AND QR CODE. I WAS SO STRESSED OUT DURING THIS TIME OF THE CHARITY'S CREATION I OFTEN COULDN'T SLEEP. I WOULD WAKE UP AT 4AM AND GO OUT AND STICKER BOMB VARIOUS AREAS OF CARDIFF AND DROP OFF CONDOMS AND HAND SANITIZER AT POP UP LOCAL PHONE BOX LIBRARIES THAT APPEARED AROUND THE PANDEMIC MOT/CTDOV/002.5 11cm/11cm