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Title: Old Mike, new Christine {Sportswriter}
Post by: LostInTime on April 26, 2007, 05:51:34 AM
link (http://www.latimes.com/sports/la-sp-oldmike26apr26,1,3394028.story?page=1&coll=la-headlines-sports&ctrack=1&cset=true)

That's OK. I understand that I am not the only one in transition as I move from Mike to Christine. Everyone who knows me and my work will be transitioning as well. That will take time. And that's all right. To borrow a piece of well-worn sports parlance, we will take it one day at a time.

Transsexualism is a complicated and widely misunderstood medical condition. It is a natural occurrence — unusual, no question, but natural.

Recent studies have shown that such physiological factors as genetics and hormonal fluctuations during pregnancy can significantly affect how our brains are "wired" at birth.
Title: Re: Old Mike, new Christine
Post by: Natalie_Danielle on April 26, 2007, 05:03:27 PM
Wow, what a way to come out.  Good Article.

Title: Re: Old Mike, new Christine {Sportswriter}
Post by: LostInTime on April 27, 2007, 08:25:18 AM
LA Times likes to require membership after awhile so here is a new link (one of many).

Sportswriter announces he is a transsexual (http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/LAC.20070427.TRANSLA27/TPStory/Sports)

Mike Penner told readers of his struggle to embrace his sex and said that when he returns from vacation in a few weeks, he will be known as Christine Daniels.




Changing Teams (http://www.baseballprospectus.com/unfiltered/?p=345)
Title: Re: Old Mike, new Christine {Sportswriter}
Post by: MaggieB on July 16, 2008, 09:53:52 AM
Christine hasn't posted a column since April 4, 2008 in the LA Times. Does anyone know what happened? Rumors are that she got fired. Her case got national attention. I heard a super interview with her on NPR's Fresh Air, last summer. 

Maggie