April Ashley campaigned for rights hardly considered before
Britain’s first transgender activist died on December 27th, aged 86
IN THE LOBBY of a hotel in Casablanca in May 1960, a new guest checked in. Blue-black hair, rakish fedora: George Jamieson, as his passport declared him, made quite an impression on the concierge. He frankly astonished him when he appeared later, shimmering and graceful, in a Givenchy dress.
This article appeared in the Obituary section of the print edition under the headline “Shame and champagne”
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Baltazar Ushca climbed Chimborazo twice a week
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Lily Ebert lived to share her story of Auschwitz
The Holocaust survivor and memoirist died on October 9th, aged 100
Fethullah Gulen tried to transform Turkey in the subtlest ways
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