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April Ashley MBE (29 April 1935 – 27 December 2021), styled from 1963 to 1970 as The Honourable April Corbett, was an English model, author, and LGBT rights activist. In the 1950s, upon being discharged from the Merchant Navy, she performed under the stage name Toni April at Le Carrousel de Paris in Paris.
Dec 29, 2021 · Actress, model and activist April Ashley has been hailed as a "trans trailblazer" following her death at the age of 86. Ashley became only the second Briton to undergo male-to-female gender...
Dec 29, 2021 · Trailblazing transgender model April Ashley has died at the age of 86. Ashley — born George Jamieson — underwent gender reassignment surgery in 1960, before embarking on an international...
Jan 3, 2022 · April Ashley, a model and socialite who rose from poverty in Liverpool to the heights of London society, a feat achieved as much through her striking good looks as it was through her status as...
Jan 7, 2022 · That is certainly the case for actress and model April Ashley, an early British trans pioneer and an absolute icon of London society, who died on December 27 at age 86 and whose glorious infamy will not soon be forgotten.
Dec 31, 2021 · A trailblazing figure in the fight for transgender rights has passed away. April Ashley - model, actress, author and activist - died on Monday. She was 86. (SOUNDBITE OF ARCHIVED RECORDING)
Jun 23, 2022 · The friends of transgender pioneer April Ashley are to celebrate her "spectacular" legacy in her home city. Liverpool-born Ashley, who died in 2021, was one of the first people to undergo...
Dec 29, 2021 · Model, actress and "true trailblazer of the trans community" April Ashley has died aged 86. One of the first Britons to undergo gender reassignment surgery, she was made an MBE in 2012 for her work campaigning for the transgender community. Born to a working-class family in Liverpool in 1935, Ashley joined the Merchant Navy as a teenager.
Dec 28, 2021 · April Ashley, who has died aged 86, was a model, actress and trailblazing transwoman who became one of the first people known to have undergone reassignment surgery in Britain. Following...
Dec 29, 2021 · Tributes have been paid to model, actress and transgender activist April Ashley, who has died aged 86. One of the first Britons to undergo gender reassignment surgery, she was made an MBE in...
