April Ashley
English model, actress, author, and activist (1935–2021)
April Ashley, MBE (born; 29 April 1935 – 27 December 2021) was an English model and restaurant hostess. She was one the first British people to be outed as a transsexual, this was done by the Sunday People in 1961.[1]
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| Born | George Jamieson 29 April 1935 |
| Died | 27 December 2021 (aged 86) London, England |
| Nationality | British |
| Spouse(s) | Arthur Corbett (m. 1963–1970, annulled) Jeffrey West (m. 1980s–2021) |
| Website | www |
She was also known as one of the first British people to undergo sex reassignment surgery, after racing driver and World War II fighter pilot Roberta Cowell, and the ninth in the world to have the surgery.[2][3]
Ashley died on 27 December 2021 in London, at the age of 86.[4]
Out-of-wiki websites
change- ↑ Stanford, Peter (24 November 2009). "April Ashley 50 happy years for sex-swap pioneer". The Daily Telegraph. Archived from the original on 2010-04-07. Retrieved 2010-08-30.
- ↑ "April Ashley: the first Briton to undergo a sex change". The Independent. 2 February 2006. Archived from the original on 2010-06-17. Retrieved 2010-08-30.
- ↑ Morris, Matthew (27 November 2009). "A woman ahead of her time". bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 2010-08-30.
- ↑ "April Ashley, model and actress who became one of the first transwomen to undergo reassignment surgery – obituary". The Telegraph. 28 December 2021. Retrieved 28 December 2021.
- Ashley, April; Duncan Fallowell (1982). April Ashley's Odyssey. London: Jonathan Cape. ISBN 0-224-01849-3. Archived from the original on 2019-11-18. Retrieved 2010-08-30.
- Official website
- April Ashley on IMDb
- April Ashley's Odyssey Archived 2019-11-18 at the Wayback Machine The text and pictures from her 1982 book ISBN 0-224-01849-3
- April Ashley Photo Gallery Tribute Archived 2006-02-08 at the Wayback Machine
- How Prescott made a woman out of me - Daily Mail profile, 3 June 2006
- April Ashley Documentary Archived 2014-01-06 at the Wayback Machine
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