to be platonic. In 2012 Pacific Films and Limey Yank Productions announced a project to create a film about Ashley's life. Awards and honours Ashley was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 2012 Birthday Honours for services to transgender equality. The exhibition ‘April Ashley: portrait of a lady’ was held at the Museum of Liverpool from 27 September 2013 to 1 March 2015. Ashley was awarded a Lifetime Achievement honour at the European Diversity Awards 2014. In December 2016, Ashley was awarded an Honorary Doctorate from the University of Liverpool. References External links April Ashley Photo Gallery Tribute April Ashley Collection (Digital Transgender Archive) "April Ashley, model, actor and transgender activist, dies aged 86" at The Guardian "April Ashley obituary" at The Times 1935 births 2021 deaths 21st-century LGBT people British Merchant Navy personnel British women memoirists English drag queens English female models English memoirists Transgender memoirists Members of the Order of the British Empire People from Liverpool Transgender entertainers Transgender female models Transgender case law in the United Kingdom