|
W. Meredith Bacon is a retired political science professor〔Kelly, Michael, ("A trailblazer reaches the end of one trail: Meredith née Wally Bacon retires after 38 years of inspiring students" ), ''Omaha World-Herald'', May 15, 2014.〕 and LGBT-rights activist.〔Morton, Joseph, ("U.S. hate crimes bill hits home for Omaha advocate" ), ''Omaha World-Herald'', May 17, 2009.〕 Formerly Walter M. Bacon, Jr., then commonly called "Wally," she changed her name and transitioned to female in 2005.〔〔("Meet Meredith" ), ''Omaha World-Herald'', July 17, 2005.〕 "Meredith" was her lifelong middle name, but the "W." in W. Meredith Bacon now legally stands for nothing.〔 A specialist in international relations, particularly Romanian and Moldovan politics,〔Anderson, Jacquelyn, ("W. Meredith Bacon" ), ''UNO Women's Archive Project'', University of Nebraska at Omaha, Department of English, 2011.〕 Bacon taught political science at the University of Nebraska at Omaha (UNO) for 38 years and served three nonconsecutive terms as President of the Faculty Senate, the first two as Wally and the third as Meredith.〔 She was the first known transgender professor at UNO〔 and may be the first openly transgender person elected to a university faculty leadership position in the United States.〔 ==Early Life and Career== Bacon was raised in Upper East Side Manhattan, New York City.〔 She knew she was transgender by the age of four, but struggled with feelings of shame.〔〔Comander, Lauren, ("Together. Forever." ), ''People'', Vol. 64, No. 23, December 5, 2005.〕 At an all-boy Episcopalian boarding school in Connecticut, she became active in theatre and willingly took female roles on stage.〔 It was not until reading the book ''The Transsexual Phenomenon'' in 1964 that Bacon had a name for her identity.〔Reid, Crystal R., ("The New D. W. M. Bacon" ), ''Gateway Newspaper'', University of Nebraska at Omaha student newspaper, July 26, 2005.〕 Bacon met Lynne Lazier in 1964, while both were students at Colorado College, and they married in 1968.〔 In 1972, Bacon told Lynne she was "not a man but a woman."〔 The couple has remained together to the present day.〔 Upon moving to Omaha, they built their careers in the collegiate environments and maintain an affectionate, not sexual, relationship.〔 The couple have been long-time members of All Saints Episcopal Church in Omaha. Bacon earned a Ph.D. from the University of Denver in 1976.〔 That same year, she was hired by UNO as a professor of Soviet politics.〔 After publishing criticism of Nikolai Ceausescu, Bacon was declared ''persona non grata'' in Romania from 1980 until 1989.〔〔Millerd, Caelan, ("Meet Meredith Bacon: Advocating LGBT Rights on Campus, on Capitol Hill" ), ''Gateway Newspaper'', University of Nebraska at Omaha student newspaper, April 25, 2008.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「W. Meredith Bacon」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
|