From The Guardian UK: http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2013/mar/22/lucy-meadows-press-harassment
Campaigners plan vigil outside Daily Mail over death of primary school teacher Lucy Meadows
Helen Pidd, northern editor, and Saskia Murphy
guardian.co.uk, Friday 22 March 2013
A primary school teacher believed to have killed herself after her gender reassignment became national news sent emails complaining about being under siege by the press, it has been claimed.
Lucy Meadows, 32, was found dead in Lancashire on Tuesday, three months after starting to live and work as a woman. Her gender transition was the subject of vigorous press interest after a letter written by the headteacher of St Mary Magdalen’s C of E primary school in Accrington just before Christmas was leaked to the media.
In the newsletter, Karen Hardman told parents that Nathan Upton, a popular teacher at the school, should be addressed as Miss Meadows after the Christmas break.
“Mr Upton has recently made a significant change in his life and will be transitioning to live as a woman,” the headteacher wrote.
On Friday, Jane Fae, a writer specialising in transgender issues, claimed she had seen emails sent by Meadows in January to another member of the trans community, seeking help. The email evidence has not been made public.
Fae said in an article for the New Statesman: “[Meadows] talks of her good luck in having a supportive head. But the stress of her situation is also visible. She complains bitterly of how she must leave her house by the back door, and arrive at school very early, or very late, in order to avoid the press pack.
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