The front cover of this magazine shows April with her dog, Flora, a vision of upper-middle class Britain in the early 1980s. April died last week, leaving a legacy of trailblazing gender and trans rights.

The interview with her, by Maureen Cleave, is well worth a read, partly for an insight into April’s life at the time – in advance of the publication of her biography – and also into the attitudes towards trans people forty years ago.

Maureen Cleave also died just a few months ago.

Image citation:
Cleave, Maureen.  "Forever April."  Clipping.  1982.  Digital Transgender Archive,  https://www.digitaltransgenderarchive.net/files/n870zq92t  (accessed December 30, 2021).

You can read the full article on the Digital Transgender Archive, an online collection of paper and archive items from around the globe, thoughtfully brought together into a searchable online home.