MUSEUM OF TRANSOLOGY

(AD137: PHOTOGRAPHY AND STYLING – SUBCULTURES)

 

This exhibition was very interesting, particularly now when the topic of gender and sexuality is talked about so often. What I loved about this exhibition is that rather than just explaining what being transgender means, it did more than that because it really spoke about what it means to the person who is feeling as though they do not belong in their body.

The exhibition showed personal items of transgender people and the symbolism behind them. Things so simple as a can of Lynx deodorant made someone feel a step closer to being male when they were born female.

As someone who was lucky enough to be born into the right body, it is so hard to believe the anxiety and strain one must feel when they don’t feel comfortable in themselves. I felt as though this exhibition is so important and I want as many people to see it as possible. Especially people who find it hard to understand the concept of feeling like another gender, and also people at the beginning of their journey of self discovery as the exhibition shows the fact that you can end up being in a body that you feel is right and that there are so many other people that have done this.

   

 

stay groovy x x

 

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Photographs by Kynza Kendall-Jones

Museum of Transology Exhibition at the Brighton Museum