Melissa Ede

Melissa Ede
Born(1960-09-25)25 September 1960
Kingston upon Hull, England
Died11 May 2019(2019-05-11) (aged 58)
Cottingham, East Riding of Yorkshire, England
Occupations
  • Media personality
  • LGBT rights activist
  • Taxi driver
SpouseRachel Nason (engaged)
Children4
Websitewww.melissa-ede.co.uk

Melissa Ede (25 September 1960 – 11 May 2019) was an English transgender rights campaigner and social media personality. Ede knew that she was transgender from an early age. Her gender reassignment surgery was completed in 2011 and she subsequently received media attention.

Ede promoted transgender issues by applying for the Mars One project, using it as a platform to profile her life. She gained greater fame following a series of viral videos she uploaded to social media platforms. Ede took part in documentaries about her life made by the BBC[1] and Vice.[2] She also appeared on television shows such as The Jeremy Kyle Show[3] and Tattoo Fixers,[4] which heightened her profile. Ede later won four million pounds on a scratch card which kept up media interest as she carried on campaigning for LGBT rights. On 11 May 2019, she died at her home in Cottingham, East Riding of Yorkshire.

  1. ^ Kitching, Sophie (7 June 2018). "Melissa Ede is going to be the star of a BBC documentary". hulldailymail. Retrieved 9 December 2019.
  2. ^ Hudson, Daisy-May (20 February 2018). "This Is What My Life's Been Like Since I Won the Lottery". Vice. Retrieved 9 December 2019.
  3. ^ Robinson, Hannah (13 May 2019). "Melissa Ede's Jeremy Kyle Show episodes remembered". hulldailymail. Retrieved 12 December 2019.
  4. ^ Cite error: The named reference tattoo was invoked but never defined (see the help page).