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April Ashley

Bonjour, Mademoiselle!: April Ashley and the pursuit of a lovely life by Jacqueline Kent and Tom Roberts

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April 2025, no. 474
Sam Elkin reviews ‘Bonjour, Mademoiselle!: April Ashley and the pursuit of a lovely life’ by Jacqueline Kent and Tom Roberts

At a time when President Donald Trump seeks to extinguish the legal recognition of trans and gender diverse people, Bonjour, Mademoiselle! and the life of April Ashley feel unexpectedly topical. Ashley, best known in Australia for her role in Corbett v Corbett, a precedent-setting divorce case that set back the legal right of trans people for generations, is the subject of a new biography by Jacqueline Kent and Tom Roberts.

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