You are warmly invited to celebrate with us the GIRES Archive launch at the legendary Bishopsgate Institute, as part of the ‘a Legacy of Kindness’ project.

Join us for an exciting evening exploring the GIRES archive collection, speakers, panels, music, food & drinks. 

Limited, free tickets are now available via Bishopsgate Institute.

Programme:

• A warm welcome from GIRES co-founder, Bernard Reed, who’ll share the story of starting GIRES with his wife Terry, in memory of their trans daughter Niki.

• Prof Stephen Whittle (Press for Change trans activist and legal scholar) in conversation with E-J Scott (curator of Museum of Transology and founder of Trans Pride UK).

• Launch of the Legacy of Kindness Podcast series, in collaboration with Socialbroadcasts, Lucia Scazzocchio (founder).

• The chance to explore the artefacts with LoK’s Community Curators.

• DJ Auntie Maureen on gramophone, a bar & snacks, and a free zine & booklet to take home.

The Gender Identity and Research Society GIRES was established in 1997 when Bernard Reed, OBE, and Terry Reed, OBE helped their transgender daughter win a landmark sex discrimination case. The charity has been instrumental in several positive changes to trans rights in the UK.

A Legacy of Kindness (LoK), is a project that has set out to capture the many voices and experiences of those involved with GIRES throughout its 25-year history. The project has collected over 50 oral histories from the various GIRES stakeholder; a huge amount of physical and digital memorabilia was lovingly sorted and interpreted by archivists and community curators, and will now be made available as a public resource. 

#TransHistoryfortheFuture  #timecapsule

The Project is made possible with the National Lottery Heritage Fund, thanks to National Lottery Players.

With Many Thanks to The Bishopsgate Institute.

Project image design: Coran Foddering

Event Images: zine by Aleks Jagielski, LOK community curator