In April 2007, Mike Penner, a veteran Los Angeles Times sportswriter announced he would begin hormone treatment and returning to work as Christine Daniels.
In his words, "I am a transsexual sportswriter. It has taken more than 40 years, a million tears and hundreds of hours of soul-wrenching therapy for me to work up the courage to type those words."
He began a blog chronicling this journey; "Woman in Progress."
In October 2008, he quietly returned to his male name after a leave of absence. He was found dead in his home last Friday. Suicide is the suspected cause of his death.
I can never know what transpired in the solitude of this persons heart. I can only be saddened at this news.
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/lanow/2009/11/veteran-times-sportswriter-mike-penner-dead.html
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