actress, model and activist april ashley, hailed as a trans trailblazer, has died at the age of 86. in 1960, ashley became only the second briton to undergo male to female gender reassignment surgery. she became a prominent campaigner for the transgender community, and was awarded an mbe for her work in 2012. aruna iyengar looks back at her life. april ashley vogue model, parisian nightclub performer, but born in 1935 as georgejamieson to a working class family in liverpool. ashleyjoined the merchant navy and went on to work in a paris nightclub. but in 1960, at the age of 25, she underwent reassignment surgery in morocco. i saved every single penny, and the morning after the operation, to me, was the happiest day of my life. she became a top model, appearing in vogue magazine and films, but her career was abruptly ended in 1961,
worried about money. they don t know where else to turn. and, you know, quite a few of them are having to go to foodbanks because they re already in a really dire situation. actress, model and activist april ashley, hailed as a trans trailblazer, has died at the age of 86. in 1960, ashley became only the second briton to undergo male to female gender reassignment surgery. she became a prominent campaigner for the transgender community, and was given an mbe for her work in 2012. aruna iyengar looks back at her life. april ashley, vogue model, parisian nightclub performer, but born in 1935 as georgejamieson to a working class family in liverpool. ashleyjoined the merchant navy and went on to work in a paris nightclub, but in 1960, at the age of 25, she underwent reassignment surgery in morocco. i saved every single penny and the morning after the operation, to me, was the happiest day of my life.
the actress, model and activist april ashley, hailed as a trans trailblazer, has died at the age of 86. in 1960, ashley became only the second briton to undergo male to female gender reassignment surgery. she became a prominent campaigner for the transgender community, and was awarded an mbe for her work in 2012. aruna iyengar looks back at her life. april ashley, vogue model, parisian nightclub performer, but born in 1935 as georgejamieson to a working class family in liverpool. ashleyjoined the merchant navy and went on to work in a paris nightclub, but in 1960, at the age of 25, she underwent reassignment surgery in morocco. i saved every single penny and the morning after the operation, to me, was the happiest day of my life. she became a top model, appearing in vogue magazine and films, but her career was abruptly ended
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