April Ashley

Actress model and activist April Ashley has been hailed as a trans trailblazer following her death at the age of 86. She was famously outed as a transsexual by the British press in 1961.

April Ashley born George Jamieson on April 29 1935 is an English model and restaurant hostess.

. Ashley became only the second Briton to undergo male-to-female gender. Transgender model April Ashley during her song and dance act at the Astor Club London 1962. The trouble that April Ashley encountered early in life was that she was kicked out by The Sunday People newspaper in 1961 because she was a transgender woman.

Her marriage was annulled in a notable court case known as Corbett v Corbett. There were 238 known murders of Trans people last year however only 60 countries collate information on Trans Hate. April Ashley was born on 29 April 1935 in Liverpool England.

Over 40 people gathered in the April Ashley exhibition in the Museum of Liverpool yesterday 20th November to pay their respects to all the transgendered people who have been victims of Hate Crime. 10 hours agoModel actress and activist April Ashley has been hailed a trans trailblazer following her death at the age of 86. 23 hours agoApril Ashley model actor and transgender activist dies aged 86 Performer and campaigner was one of the first Britons to undergo gender reassignment surgery April Ashley was made an MBE in 2012.

One of the first Britons to undergo gender reassignment surgery Liverpool-born. April Ashley MBE 29 April 1935 27 December 2021 was an English model actress and author. Ashley was born George Jamieson in Liverpool in 1935.

1 day agoApril Ashley who has died aged 86 was a model actress and trailblazing transwoman who became one of the first people known. April was born in Liverpool in 1935 where she was known as George Jamieson later changing her name in adult life to April for the month she was born and Ashley because of her admiration for. She was outed as a transgender woman by The Sunday People newspaper in 1961 and is one of the earliest British people known to have had sex reassignment surgery.

April Ashley is best known as an Transgender actress writer as well as an English model. Contents 1 History 2 Biographies 3 References 4 External links History.

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