# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/mark-ashton
# Generated: 2026-08-13T02:25:17.035Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/mark-ashton"
name: "Mark Ashton"
slug: "mark-ashton"
description: "Mark Christian Ashton was a British gay rights activist and co-founder of the Lesbians and Gays Support the Miners (LGSM) support group. He was a member of the Communist Party of Great Britain and general secretary of the Young Communist League."
tagline: "British gay rights & political activist (1960-1987)"
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category:
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profileType:
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  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1960-05-19"
deathDate: "1987-02-11"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
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  country:  null
  category: null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump