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[Yahoo] Sports writer for L.A. Times says he is a transsexual

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  1. GRENDEL

    GRENDEL Member

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    Sports columnist: 'I am a transsexual'
    1 hour, 33 minutes ago

    LOS ANGELES - A veteran sports writer for the Los Angeles Times said in his column Thursday that he is a transsexual.

    Mike Penner told readers of his struggle to embrace his gender, and said when he returns from vacation in a few weeks he will be known as Christine Daniels. He did not say whether he was having surgery or why he's changing his last name.

    "I am a transsexual sports writer," Penner wrote. "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."

    The 49-year-old Penner said his brain has been "wired female" and he's tried to fight off the urge to change sexes. He called writing a story about his sexuality the "most frightening of all the towering mountains of fear I somehow had to confront and struggle to scale."

    "How do you go about sharing your most important truth, one you spent a lifetime trying to keep deeply buried, to a world that has grown familiar and comfortable with your facade?" Penner asked.

    Penner, who is married to another Los Angeles Times writer, said he started coming out about two months ago by telling his boss, his barber and a soccer teammate, and that he now feels happier and healthier.

    "Mike Penner has been an exemplary contributor to the Los Angeles Times sports pages for over two decades and today's column is no exception," Randy Harvey, the newspaper's sports editor, said in a statement. "The decision to go public cannot have been an easy one and, while we do not make a habit of commenting on the personal and private lives of our journalists, we do look forward to continuing our relationship into the future."

    John Amaechi, the first NBA player to publicly come out of the closet as being gay, said he read Penner's column Thursday after returning from a speaking engagement in Berkeley at the University of California.

    "It's incredibly bold and far more courageous than anything I could have done," said Amaechi, who spent five seasons in the NBA. "I commend him."

    Penner has spent more than 20 years at the Los Angeles Times and has covered the Olympics, the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim and has served as the Times' sports media critic.

    http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070426/ap_on_sp_ot/transsexual_sports_writer

    Don't know if this had been posted, if so locker up
     
    #1 GRENDEL, Apr 26, 2007
  2. Kam

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    I figured it would be TJ Simers.
     
    #2 Kam, Apr 26, 2007
  3. JaWindex

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    He sure has balls to admit that.

    Well, for now atleast.
     
    #3 JaWindex, Apr 26, 2007
  4. AroundTheWorld

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    The step would be easier for him if he had a first name such as Fran...
     
    #4 AroundTheWorld, Apr 26, 2007
  5. KellyDwyer

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    Four posts and not one joke about my first name. I love you guys.
     
    #5 KellyDwyer, Apr 26, 2007
  6. Hakeem06

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    I'm shocked it's not that Kelly Dwyer guy....Come on...Kelly?

    I'm stunned.....
     
    #6 Hakeem06, Apr 26, 2007
  7. Fatty FatBastard

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    Not to shove this into D&D, but I have a HUGE problem with transexuals, unless you are with a significant other that approves.

    To me, transexuals are trying to deceive heterosexual men into believing they are female.

    If you want to be gay, that's just fine. There are plenty of other men out there for you. Just don't pull a "crying game" and expect it to turn out well when the heterosexual man you are dating finds out.

    It truly bothers me that this would ever be considered acceptable behavior.
     
    #7 Fatty FatBastard, Apr 27, 2007
  8. 3814

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    You mean to say that you're a guy? :confused:
     
    #8 3814, Apr 27, 2007
  9. Mr. Brightside

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    bad experience? :p
     
    #9 Mr. Brightside, Apr 27, 2007
  10. Fatty FatBastard

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    I don't think so, but there was this girl we all did back in the 90's that didn't seem right.

    We found out later that she was just psychotic (in a bad way) in bed.

    But even the idea that we were duped sincerely freaked us out.

    Again, if you are gay, there are many other people out there for you.

    But if you want to fool someone who is hetero, expect bad things... period.
     
    #10 Fatty FatBastard, Apr 27, 2007
  11. RocketMan Tex

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    Nah. Simers' problem is his massive stupidity, not his sexual identity.
     
    #11 RocketMan Tex, Apr 27, 2007
  12. Zac D

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    What do you suggest someone like Mike Penner do?
     
    #12 Zac D, Apr 27, 2007
  13. FranchiseBlade

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    Good for him. It takes a lot of courage to do what he's doing.
     
    #13 FranchiseBlade, Apr 27, 2007
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    [​IMG]
     
    #14 Achilleus, Apr 27, 2007
  15. ima_drummer2k

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    I don't think that's a problem because transsexuals can't have periods.
     
    #15 ima_drummer2k, Apr 27, 2007
  16. zoork34

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    60 years ago it wasnt acceptable to be gay, and now it is. im sure the country wont have a problem throwing away their morals even more to accept transsexuals as "normal"
     
    #16 zoork34, Apr 27, 2007
  17. Zac D

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    Bwahahahaaa!

    THEY'RE DRAGGING THIS COUNTRY TO HELL AND THEY'RE TAKING YOU WITH THEM! SATEN MUSIKS!
     
    #17 Zac D, Apr 27, 2007
  18. FranchiseBlade

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    The acceptance of gay people in our society is an improvement in our nation's morals.
     
    #18 FranchiseBlade, Apr 27, 2007
  19. Manny Ramirez

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    LOL..
     
    #19 Manny Ramirez, Apr 27, 2007
  20. zoork34

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    depends on who you ask.......
     
    #20 zoork34, Apr 27, 2007
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