I sat across the table from the late April Ashley at a pre-pandemic Oldie lunch and thought her amazing.
She was a beautiful old lady - she died in 2021 - as she once had been a beautiful young man. She made history as one of the first openly transgender people and she had to struggle against prejudice and mockery to affirm her right to be respected for who she was.
But there's a difference between accepting and respecting an individual person
