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Title: April Ashley: 50 happy years for sex-swap pioneer
Post by: Shana A on November 24, 2009, 08:51:44 AM
Post by: Shana A on November 24, 2009, 08:51:44 AM
April Ashley: 50 happy years for sex-swap pioneer
Britain's first transsexual is, in a new exhibition, again challenging ideas about gender, identity and DNA.
By Peter Stanford
Published: 7:00AM GMT 24 Nov 2009
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/6637773/April-Ashley-50-happy-years-for-sex-swap-pioneer.html (http://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/6637773/April-Ashley-50-happy-years-for-sex-swap-pioneer.html)
'It always makes me laugh when people say I was born a man," says April Ashley, who in 1960 became the first Briton to undergo sex-change surgery. "I was born a baby, not a man. From the year dot, I knew I was female, so as soon as I could kneel down to say my prayers, it would be 'God bless Mummy, God bless Daddy, and please let me wake up and be a girl.' "
Next year, Ashley celebrates the 50th anniversary of her operation. Though today the NHS carries out about 150 ae_SNbSyear, then it was a revolutionary procedure, available only at a clinic in Morocco. As soon as she was fit enough, Ashley – born George Jamieson in Liverpool in 1935 – returned to London and became one of the leading models of the Sixties. Even exposure as a transsexual in the News of World in 1961 couldn't derail her. If anything, it added to her lustre.
Britain's first transsexual is, in a new exhibition, again challenging ideas about gender, identity and DNA.
By Peter Stanford
Published: 7:00AM GMT 24 Nov 2009
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/6637773/April-Ashley-50-happy-years-for-sex-swap-pioneer.html (http://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/6637773/April-Ashley-50-happy-years-for-sex-swap-pioneer.html)
'It always makes me laugh when people say I was born a man," says April Ashley, who in 1960 became the first Briton to undergo sex-change surgery. "I was born a baby, not a man. From the year dot, I knew I was female, so as soon as I could kneel down to say my prayers, it would be 'God bless Mummy, God bless Daddy, and please let me wake up and be a girl.' "
Next year, Ashley celebrates the 50th anniversary of her operation. Though today the NHS carries out about 150 ae_SNbSyear, then it was a revolutionary procedure, available only at a clinic in Morocco. As soon as she was fit enough, Ashley – born George Jamieson in Liverpool in 1935 – returned to London and became one of the leading models of the Sixties. Even exposure as a transsexual in the News of World in 1961 couldn't derail her. If anything, it added to her lustre.
Title: Sex-swap pioneer a model for womankind
Post by: FairyGirl on November 27, 2009, 03:52:55 PM
Post by: FairyGirl on November 27, 2009, 03:52:55 PM
http://www.theage.com.au/world/sexswap-pioneer-a-model-for-womankind-20091127-jx04.html (http://www.theage.com.au/world/sexswap-pioneer-a-model-for-womankind-20091127-jx04.html)
''IT ALWAYS makes me laugh when people say I was born a man,'' says April Ashley, who in 1960 became the first Briton to undergo sex-change surgery. ''I was born a baby, not a man. From the year dot, I knew I was female, so as soon as I could kneel to say my prayers, it would be, 'God bless Mummy, God bless Daddy, and please let me wake up and be a girl.' ''
Next year, Ashley celebrates the 50th anniversary of her operation. Though today the National Health Service carries out about 150 a year, then it was a revolutionary procedure, available only at a clinic in Morocco.
Note: I think the term "sex-swap" is rather crude, but it's the title of the article. Very interesting...
''IT ALWAYS makes me laugh when people say I was born a man,'' says April Ashley, who in 1960 became the first Briton to undergo sex-change surgery. ''I was born a baby, not a man. From the year dot, I knew I was female, so as soon as I could kneel to say my prayers, it would be, 'God bless Mummy, God bless Daddy, and please let me wake up and be a girl.' ''
Next year, Ashley celebrates the 50th anniversary of her operation. Though today the National Health Service carries out about 150 a year, then it was a revolutionary procedure, available only at a clinic in Morocco.
Note: I think the term "sex-swap" is rather crude, but it's the title of the article. Very interesting...