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Photographs as evidence of gender identity and sexuality

Intriguing photographs from sexologists’ archives suggest they could have helped people explore their gender identity and sexuality.

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Nurturing my autistic, gender-questioning child

As mother of an autistic child who questions her gender, Jude Lax describes cherishing her growing daughter as she explores her identity.

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Trans masculinity on the record

Curator of the Museum of Transology in Brighton E-J Scott tells the story behind a few of the 250 objects from the collection, and the powerful effect they had on him as he put trans lives on the record.

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Stigma, schizophrenia and being transgender

When he was diagnosed with schizophrenia, Ashley McFord-Allister discovered that the medical world will not continue gender confirmation treatment while treating a mental health condition. Here he exposes the prejudice behind this attitude.

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  • Man and woman : a study of human secondary sexual characters / by Havelock Ellis.
  • L'orientation sexuelle / Crips Île-de-France.
  • L'orientation sexuelle / Crips Île-de-France.
  • L'orientation sexuelle / Crips Île-de-France.
  • L'orientation sexuelle / Crips Île-de-France.
  • Ça change quoi pour toi?.
  • A girl playing at being a nurse by rubbing "Vick" ointment on the chest of a doll. Colour lithograph.
  • The female husband, or, A circumstantial account of an extraordinary affair which happened at Poplar / by a correspondent.
  • One in ten people living in the UK identify as lesbian, gay or bisexual at some stage in their lives : Learning to accept your sexual feelings and being true to them is part of looking after your physical and emotional well-being / NPL, The Naz Project, an HIV/AIDS service for the South Asian, Middle Eastern & North African communities ; illustrations by Gas Coley.
  • One in ten people living in the UK identify as lesbian, gay or bisexual at some stage in their lives : Learning to accept your sexual feelings and being true to them is part of looking after your physical and emotional well-being / NPL, The Naz Project, an HIV/AIDS service for the South Asian, Middle Eastern & North African communities ; illustrations by Gas Coley.
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