April Ashley, model, actor and transgender activist, dies aged 86

Performer and campaigner was one of the first Britons to undergo gender reassignment surgery

Tributes have been paid to the true trailblazer" transgender activist April Ashley, who has died aged 86.

One of the first Britons to undergo gender assignment surgery, the model and actor was made an MBE in 2012 for her campaigning work for the transgender community.