The first (trans) ladyFriday, July 27, 2012
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"People talk about the pain -- but it's a part of you, part of what makes you a person."
April Ashley's story is one of the most glamorous, heartbreaking, and trailblazing in trans history. Born a boy in England, she knew she was different, that she was in the wrong body, since the age of four.
Bullying at home and school, suicide attempts, and a mental institution later, April moved to Paris and started dressing as a woman. She worked at the prestigious nightclub Le Carrousel de Paris, where she met many beautiful Hollywood starlets that she'd dream of being.