Singer and rapper Ashley Gray has come out as transgender via a video posted on his personal TikTok account. A participant on the 2013 series of Britain’s Got Talent, Gray sang and rapped his way into the finals with original songs.
His single Lighters (The One) charted in the UK top ten after the finale. On TikTok, Gray revealed he had been on the waiting list for a gender clinic but has now had his first appointment.
Gray changed his name from Ash to Ashley Gray officially “a couple of months ago”. “Basically, I have some exciting news,” Gray said. “So, if you didn’t know, I’m trans and I’ve been waiting on the gender clinic waiting list for quite a while.
Yesterday I had my first appointment, which is really exciting.” Gray continued, “It went really well, I mean, I just cried the whole time, but it went really well.