April ashley autobiography definition
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April Ashley
English transgender activist (1935–2021)
April Ashley MBE | |
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Ashley at the Southbank Centre, 2009 | |
| Born | (1935-04-29)29 April 1935 Liverpool, England |
| Died | 27 December 2021(2021-12-27) (aged 86) London, England |
| Resting place | Ford Cemetery |
| Other names | Toni April The Hon. April Corbett |
| Occupation(s) | model, activist, author |
| Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)[1] |
| Spouses | (m. 1963; ann. 1970)Jeffrey West (m. ; div. ) |
| Parent(s) | Frederick Jamieson Ada Brown |
| Website | www.aprilashley.org |
April AshleyMBE (29 April 1935 – 27 December 2021), styled as The Honourable April Corbett from 1963 to 1980, was an English model, author, and LGBT rights activist.
In the 1950s, upon being discharged from the Merchant Navy, she performed under the stage nameToni April at Le Carrousel