Sleeveless T-Shirt With 'Genitals =/= Gender

Object/Artifact

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Museum of Transology

White t-shirt with sleeves cut off. Three black boxes on the front with white text reading "Genitals" "=/=" "Gender"

White t-shirt with sleeves cut off. Three black boxes on the front with white text reading "Genitals" "=/=" "Gender"

Name/Title

Sleeveless T-Shirt With 'Genitals =/= Gender"

Entry/Object ID

MOT000050

Tags

T-shirt, Clothing, Fashion

Description

Sleeveless "Genitals =/= Gender" t-shirt with cut sleeves. Sleeveless T-shirt & tag, slogan Genitals = / = Gender (Sleeves have been cut off). American Apparel size M. Yellowing stains round armpits and middle at bottom, logo slightly faded.

Collection

Main Collection

Category

Fashion, T-Shirts

Dimensions

Height

57.5 cm

Width

41.2 cm

Maintenance

Maintenance History

Notes

Bishopsgate Institute, London

Provenance

Provenance Detail

Tag Transcription

Notes

I wore this shirt to give a talk I wrote with the same title: 'Genitals do not equal gender.' I wrote that piece an impassioned ally, or so I thought. Whilst practising the talk with my husbandm he paused me and asked: 'is this your coming-out speech?'. I recall feeling a jolt of muddled emotions, relief, shame, joy - 'Yeah' I said, 'I think it is!' That's how I came out to my husband as trans. [handdrawn cartoon heart with the letter "H" inside]