Douglas Thompson’s jaunty biography, Inside Out, opens with a bang: “April Ashley was born, aged 25, on 12 May 1960.” She’d previously been born as George Jamieson on 29 April 1935 in Liverpool, the ...

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) APRIL ...

"Enigma" spotlights Amanda Lear, the late April Ashley and more, who “contested their identities as women in the court of public opinion" Abigail Adams is a Human Interest Writer and Reporter for ...

She modeled for Vogue, partied with John Lennon and Mick Jagger, and married into minor nobility, all while fighting for legal recognition of her gender. By Clay Risen April Ashley, a model and ...

APRIL ASHLEY: Well, I've always said the three things is to be kind to both yourself and to other people; be beautiful both inside and out because if you're beautiful inside, you're beautiful outside; ...