Goober Toy - Bread Bag With Ripped Up Documents Inside

Object/Artifact

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Museum of Transology

A clear plastic bread bag filled with ripped up paper documents and knotted. A cartoon face of a monster has been drawn on the bag. With a brown, handwritten luggage tag.

A clear plastic bread bag filled with ripped up paper documents and knotted. A cartoon face of a monster has been drawn on the bag. With a brown, handwritten luggage tag.

Name/Title

Goober Toy - Bread Bag With Ripped Up Documents Inside

Entry/Object ID

MOT/2024/NDOTC/LOND/036

Tags

Toy, London, National Day of Trans Collecting, Document, Polish

Collection

National Day of Trans Collecting

Category

Artwork, Medical, Trans Identity

Dimensions

Height

360 mm

Width

200 mm

Depth

100 mm

Maintenance

Maintenance History

Notes

Bishopsgate Institute, London

Provenance

Provenance Detail

Tag Transcription

Notes

THIS IS "GOOBER", A SOFT TOY I MADE USING A BREAD BAG, A PEN, AND RIPPED UP DOCUMENTS FROM MY MEDICAL & LEGAL. TRANSITION BACK IN POLAND, INCL. MY DIAGNOSIS OF "TRANSSEXUALISM". I KEPT GOOBER IN MY HOUSE UNTIL HE WANTED TO MOVE ON AND INTO THE ARCHIVE. - ALEKS J.