Mike Penner news stories on Newser

Transgender Sportswriter's Suicide Leaves Questions

Kevin Spak — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 13:33:41 CST

Mike Penner’s apparent suicide comes loaded with questions about the LA Times sportswriter’s experience living as a woman named Christine Daniels. Penner’s public revelation that he was transsexual and would transition to the Daniels identity was much celebrated—she even wrote a blog about the experience called “A Woman In...

Girl Talk from Transsexual Sports Columnist

Heather McPherson — Thu, 16 Aug 2007 15:16:16 CDT

Mike Penner is back in business as a sports writer for the Los Angeles Times , but under a new byline: Christine Daniels. In an interview with NPR, Daniels talks about the decision to come out as a transsexual, the response she got after writing about it in her column in...

Male Sportswriter Switches Teams

Greg Atwan — Thu, 26 Apr 2007 16:22:46 CDT

A veteran Los Angeles Times sports columnist has announced to his readers that he's becoming a she. In lieu of his customary Mighty Ducks deconstruction, Mike Penner penned a poignant account of his lost overtime battle with his inner woman, and his ultimate decision to undergo a operation that will...