The Young V&A museum has been urged to reinstall a pro-trans rights poster after being criticised for removing it.
The Young V&A, formerly the V&A Museum of Childhood, recently re-opened after a revampThe Young V&A museum has been urged to reinstall a pro-trans rights poster after being criticised for removing it.newly revamped museumIt was taken down just before the east London site was re-opened - a move described as a "red flag" by author Rowan Ellis.
The author of one, Rowan Ellis, said she could "understand" that decision, but the removal of the poster was a "red flag".Stonewall's gay rights poster remains in the exhibition, but its equivalent trans rights poster has been removed "It's not controversial," she said. "It is a simple poster that says that trans people exist and if that is going to be removed, then how can we expect to have the type of inclusion the V&A says it stands for?The V&A has confirmed that while the transgender poster produced by the LGBTQ+ rights organisation Stonewall was removed, the charity's equivalent gay poster remains part of the display.
A spokesperson for the V&A said: "Before Young V&A - our new museum for children - opened to the public, we made the complex decision to remove several objects, covering a range of contemporary topics, from a display about how design is used as a creative tool to campaign for different causes.
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