April Ashley interview: Britain's first transsexual
Britain's first transsexual April Ashley has led a jet-setting life crammed with glamour, excitement and legions of besotted men, most of them famous.
By Sabine Durrant
Published: 11:00AM BST 22 Aug 2010
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/lifestyle/7947945/April-Ashley-interview-Britains-first-transsexual.htmlApril Ashley, Britain's first transsexual, is, at 75, a woman confident of her own stature. When she arrives at the restaurant where we are to have lunch, she strikes a momentary pose in the doorway, the hems of her white slacks a little damp from the sudden summer rain outside, but her blue bouffant hair, her mascara'ed eyelashes, immaculate.
Once her chair has been pulled out for her, she tips her head graciously at any fellow diners who may be staring, gives a trill of her pink-nailed fingers to each waiter ('How lovely to see you'), and to the sommelier bids, 'A glass of champagne, but not a normal glass of champagne. An April Ashley glass of champagne.'
