April Ashley MBE (29 April 1935 – 27 December 2021) (Born George Jamieson) was an English model, actress and author. 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.
Ashley was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 2012 Birthday Honours for services to transgender equality.
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English model, actress and author. Member of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (MBE) for services to transgender equality. She was a successful fashion model, appearing in British Vogue, for which she was photographed by David Bailey. She married the Hon. Arthur Corbett (later 3rd Baron Rowallan), the Eton-educated son and heir of Lord Rowallan in 1963, but the marriage soon ended. Ashley's lawyers wrote to Corbett in 1966 demanding maintenance payments and in 1967 Corbett responded by filing suit to have the marriage annulled. The annulment was granted in 1970 on the grounds that Ashley was male, but Corbett had known about her history when they married. This is the case known as Corbett v Corbett.
April Ashley MBE (29 April 1935 – 27 December 2021) was an English model, actress and author. 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.
Ashley was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 2012 Birthday Honours for services to transgender equality.
Ashley was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 2012 Birthday Honours for services to transgender equality.
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English model, actress and author. Member of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (MBE) for services to transgender equality. She was a successful fashion model, appearing in British Vogue, for which she was photographed by David Bailey. She married the Hon. Arthur Corbett (later 3rd Baron Rowallan), the Eton-educated son and heir of Lord Rowallan in 1963, but the marriage soon ended. Ashley's lawyers wrote to Corbett in 1966 demanding maintenance payments and in 1967 Corbett responded by filing suit to have the marriage annulled. The annulment was granted in 1970 on the grounds that Ashley was male, but Corbett had known about her history when they married. This is the case known as Corbett v Corbett.
April Ashley MBE (29 April 1935 – 27 December 2021) was an English model, actress and author. 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.
Ashley was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 2012 Birthday Honours for services to transgender equality.
April Ashley MBE (29 April 1935 – 27 December 2021) (Born George Jamieson) was an English model, actress and author. 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.
Ashley was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 2012 Birthday Honours for services to transgender equality.
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English model, actress and author. Member of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (MBE) for services to transgender equality. She was a successful fashion model, appearing in British Vogue, for which she was photographed by David Bailey. She married the Hon. Arthur Corbett (later 3rd Baron Rowallan), the Eton-educated son and heir of Lord Rowallan in 1963, but the marriage soon ended. Ashley's lawyers wrote to Corbett in 1966 demanding maintenance payments and in 1967 Corbett responded by filing suit to have the marriage annulled. The annulment was granted in 1970 on the grounds that Ashley was male, but Corbett had known about her history when they married. This is the case known as Corbett v Corbett.
April Ashley MBE (29 April 1935 – 27 December 2021) was an English model, actress and author. 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.
Ashley was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 2012 Birthday Honours for services to transgender equality.
Ashley was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 2012 Birthday Honours for services to transgender equality.
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English model, actress and author. Member of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (MBE) for services to transgender equality. She was a successful fashion model, appearing in British Vogue, for which she was photographed by David Bailey. She married the Hon. Arthur Corbett (later 3rd Baron Rowallan), the Eton-educated son and heir of Lord Rowallan in 1963, but the marriage soon ended. Ashley's lawyers wrote to Corbett in 1966 demanding maintenance payments and in 1967 Corbett responded by filing suit to have the marriage annulled. The annulment was granted in 1970 on the grounds that Ashley was male, but Corbett had known about her history when they married. This is the case known as Corbett v Corbett.
April Ashley MBE (29 April 1935 – 27 December 2021) was an English model, actress and author. 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.
Ashley was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 2012 Birthday Honours for services to transgender equality.
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