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Each day, both consciously and unconsciously, we draw upon all sorts of items that allow us to manipulate our bodies and express our gender identity. In February 2014, as part of LGBT History Month, the Science Museum launched a new case of objects that seeks to demonstrate a shift from seeing gender only as a boy/ girl binary towards viewing gender as something much more dynamic. The case can be seen in the Who am I? Gallery... Society has often viewed gender as a binary - an exclusive classification of ‘boy' and ‘girl'. Yet, this concept isn't always inclusive. Science plays its part in distinguishing ‘boys' from ‘girls', but science can also be used to empower us to express who we are.