
April Ashley’s Marriage Void Because “she Is Not A Woman”.

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April Ashley’s Marriage Void Because “she Is Not A Woman”.
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Retro Images Archive
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Sex-change model APRIL ASHLEY, yesterday heard a divorce court judge rule that she is not a woman. Mr. Justice Ormrod said. “she is not a woman for the purposes of marriage, but is a biological male and has been so since birth.” The judge ruled that Miss Ashley’s marriage to Mr. Arthur Cameron Corbett, 50-year old to Lord Rowallan, was void. Miss Ashley was born George Jamieson in Liverpool in 1935 and underwent a “sex-change” operation by a Casablanca doctor in 1960. Her “marriage” to Mr. Corbett, son of aformer Chief Scout, was in Gibraltar in September. 1963. Mr. Justice Ormrod - who is also a doctor - said in his written jusgement that he was the first English judge ever called upon to decide an individual’s sex. PHOTO SHOWS:- A picture taken in 1962 showing APRIL ASHLEY when she appeared at the ASTOR CLUB in the West End doing a song and dance act.
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April 28th, 2014
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