From The Independent UK: http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/transgender-primary-school-teacher-who-took-own-life-had-sought-protection-from-media-hounding-before-her-death-8546468.html
Suicide provokes ethics row as emails show how Lucy Meadows had to dodge reporters at school
Jonathan Brown
Saturday 23 March 2013
A transgender teacher who is believed to have committed suicide after her case appeared in the national media said she hoped “bigotry and prejudice” would become things of the past.
In an email, seen by The Independent, sent to a supporter before her death, Lucy Meadows describes how she had to dodge waiting reporters and photographers as she went to work at the primary school in Accrington, Lancashire.
It emerged yesterday that Ms Meadows, who was Nathan Upton before the sex change, contacted the Press Complaints Commission, which circulated a note urging editors to call off reporters and photographers from pursuing the teacher. The 32-year-old was found dead at her home on Tuesday after apparently taking her own life. The cause of death is not known.
Her decision to undergo gender reassignment in December was reported in a number of national newspapers and was the subject of a controversial comment piece by the Daily Mail columnist Richard Littlejohn, who accused the popular teacher of “putting his (sic) own selfish needs ahead of the wellbeing of the children”.
Last night, more than 3,000 people had signed a petition demanding that Mr Littlejohn be sacked and a vigil is planned to be held outside the offices of the Daily Mail in London on Monday to protest at the newspaper’s coverage. Mr Littlejohn’s column has since been removed from the Mail’s website.
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