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Feb. 02, 1970 - April Ashley's marriage void because she is not a woman'. 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 since birth The judge ruled that Miss Ashley's marriage to Mr. Arthur Cameron Corbett, 50-year old heir to lord in Liverhood in 1935 and underwent a sex-change operation by a Casablanca doctor in 1960. Her marriage to Mr. Corbett, son of a former Chief Scout, was in Gibraltar in September, 1963 Mr. Justice Ormrod who is also a doctor said in his written judgement at that he was the first English judge ever called upon to decide and individuals sex. Photo shows:- A picture taken in 1962 showing when she appeared in the Astor Club in the West and doing a song and dance etc

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