Two legends contested their identities as women in the court of public opinion: April Ashley, who was immortalized as a trailblazer by embracing her transgender history; and Amanda Lear, who has consciously denied and obfuscated her history for decades. Their divergent paths reveal disparate but intertwined legacies.

• Story Syndicate
• Five All in the Fifth Entertainment
• April Ashley
• Amanda Lear
• Marie-Pierre Pruvot
• Allanah Starr
• Morgan M. Page
• Dolly Van Doll
• Rebecca Root
• Salvador Dalí