A Eulogy For Christine Daniels (And Not Mike Penner)

Posted by Amanda Hess on Jan. 20, 2010, at 9:00 am

http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/sexist/2010/01/20/a-eulogy-for-christine-daniels-and-not-mike-penner/

In November, transgender Los Angeles Times sportswriter Mike Penner was found dead of an apparent suicide. Penner, who wrote for the paper since 1983, made headlines himself in 2007 when he he came out as transgender, began living publicly as a woman, and changed his byline to Christine Daniels. In 2008, Daniels quietly detransitioned back to Mike, leaving mourners with an identity problem: Should they eulogize Mike Penner or Christine Daniels?