‘This is the SD* hat I wore in training. It has two reasons for being signi cant. It is the hat I traded in for a white one, when I became RAF Police. And it is a boy’s cap. Obviously I have no need for a boy’s cap anymore (but I actually prefer the look of them over the girls). The RAF has been amazing to me as a trans person. I wouldn’t trade my time in for anything (even if I did join in a misguided attempt to be masculine).’ *Service dress

OBJECT NUMBER MOT000036

This object currently lives in The Bishopsgate Institute.

Photos by Thomas S.G. Farnetti ©Wellcome Collection.