2-room "garden level" (3 steps down into basement), full kitchen, big bathroom (shower only). Laundry is outside your apartment door. Landlord & his family, in-laws fill the floors above you. They've always been really quick to check any problems I call about (like a stove burner not lighting, simple stuff). Large dresser stays in the apartment for you.
Last stop on N/W in Astoria, 24-hour everything in the area, great food. 6 blocks from the train.
I have a cat, I imagine they'd be fine if you did as well.
Rent is about $900, negotiable with great references. Landlord pays all utilities, I just pay for cable. Someone in the area usually has unsecured wireless open, I've only had it go out for a few days here and there over the last 1.5 years.
Respond here if you have questions or might like to see it.
I'm brand spanking new to this community and have been reading posts for a few days and feel like I'm going to enjoy this group a lot!
( My Story... )
Needless to say I'm very confused and scared but find comfort in this community and truly and glad that I have found you. I feel like I'm a 23 year old going threw things that I should have come to terms and acknowledged when I was 13. But alas here I am. Struggling with my sexuality.
Thank You For Being Here
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Fenrir is a primal demon wolf whose powers ever-growing the Norse gods feared more than all else. The god on the horse is none other than Tyr who while attempting to HAND-feed a wolf who did not respect him lost a hand to the creatures' invincible jaws. Notice that this is a wolf and in order to get a canine on one's side one must earn his respect. I say this choice of a wolf was no accident. I'm also sure that the brave Norsemen who popularized the story were shaking in their armour upon hearing the cry of a wolf.
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The answer is "The Family," the right-wing Christian organization with a terrifying idea about power and an ideology as far right as can be.
Fans of the Rachel Maddow show have been hearing about The Family for months, as she exposes the hypocrisy and power mongering of some of the men behind the sex scandals headlines of the last several months. Her frequent guest, Jeff Sharlet, is the author of The Family: The Secret Fundamentalism at the Heart of American Power. He is the person who publicized the "C Street" house, so named because it is located on near the US Capitol on C Street in Washington, DC.
Residents of "C Street" are a long list of some of the most conservative politicians in America. Until last week, the building was tax-exempt as a church. Really. But all the attention from Maddow and Sharlet caused the DC Office of Tax and Revenue to investigate and to revoke 66% of the exemption.
Rules: It's harder than it looks!
Erase my answers, enter yours and send it on to 10 people, including me.
Use the 1st letter OF YOUR LAST NAME to answer each of the following questions.
They have to be real places, names, things, nothing made up.
Use different answers if the person in front of you had the same 1st initial. You can't use your name for the boy/girl question.
ONE WORD ANSWERS ONLY!
Have Fun!!
1. What is your last name? - Goldman
2. A 4-Letter Word - gent
3. A Boy's name - George
4. A Girl's name - Georgina
5. An occupation - Gardner
6. A color: - Grey
7. Something you wear - gold jewelry
8. A beverage - goat milk
9. Food - gonza beans
10. Something found in the bathroom - grime
11. A place - Georgia
12. A Reason for being late - got lost
13. Something you shout - Geeze!!
A recent death and the comments I've read has me in an unusual mood today. And I'm reminded of something that I've seen, and that many in the LGBT community as a whole have seen.
There was, for a couple of years, a number bandied about of half of the Transsexuals out there kill themselves. I could go into various arguments about that number, but the truth isn't really all that much better, and it's 1 in 3.
Suicide, in and of itself, takes a certain mental state of mind, a special kind of thought, and it comes at you when you've lost hope, when despair is what surrounds you, and right now, well, this is the peak time of the year for it. This is not merely the most wonderful time of the year, it is also the most horrible time of the year.
This is the dying season.
Continue reading "On Transition & Suicide"...
curiousThat has to be the strangest dream I've had recently.
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Canadian comedienne and news personality Mary Walsh, as her character Marg Delahunty, ambushed 'Alaskan Aphrodite' Sarah Palin at an Ohio book-signing, asking for encouragement for Canada's conservatives who want to rid the nation of "socialized medicine."
Walsh's show, This Hour Has 22 Minutes, is a parody of the nightly news.
Palin told the comic that Canada needs to dismantle its public health-care system to allow private enterprise to take over.
Watch, AFTER THE JUMP...
In related news, DailyKos reports that Palin has reportedly been tooling around in a private aircraft owned by The Samaritan's Purse, an organization run by the son of Billy Graham:
"In her book tour, Palin claims that she's just like the rest of us, riding her tour bus from town to town. BULLSHIT. Samaritan's Purse is flying Sarah around in one of its aircraft. She lands near her next book rally, gets on the bus, and rides into town on the bus. Palin is flying around in a Beechcraft/King Air 300tail number N262SP (multi-engine, 11 passengers). The SP does not stand for Sarah Palin -- the plane is owned by Samaritans Purse. This means that donations to SP are being used to haul Palin's carcass around. Wonder what the donors think of that? Hmmm. Does this violate Samaritan's Purses 501c(3) status? And -- get this -- I tried to check the flight activity for this airplane (N262SP) at Flightaware.com. The flight activity for this plane is blocked by the owner. Guess he doesn't want anyone to know where he is flying."
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Jan: 001, Feb: 005, Mar: 005, Apr: 003, May: 002, Jun: 011, Jul: 015, Aug: 025, Sep: 043, Nov: 101
Then post them in your journal and explain what they mean to you.
Keep in mind that if I don't know you that well, your words might end up kind of odd or weird.
My words are from
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theteagues 01. Wincest: This is the ship of my life, and the beat to my drum.
02. Gay: Since I was a little girl, I've always loved gay people; pointing them out, standing up for them, to my grandma. I don't know why, but I feel like I should protect them/us in a society like ours.
03. Kelly (Osbourne): This girl has been my alter ego, for a long while now' ha.
04. Look-alikes: I've been posting a lot of celebrity look-alikes lately, but I started putting them together in my head a few years ago. I tend to pick out people from random shows, and movies, too, that I recognize from my fandoms, no matter how little of a role.
05. Katie (Cassidy): Well, I used her in a lookalike post, but... thats about it. ;P
I realize the Thanksgiving holiday was last week, but surely the folks at GLAAD didn't take the entire week off work. After all, they had plenty of time to critique Good Morning America's decision to dump Adam Lambert after his racy AMA performance.
The week before, the org got into a ridiculous fight with South Park over an episode that used the word "faggot" repeatedly to show how hurtful it is. (The org later withdrew its objections and acknowledged there was nothing anti-gay about the episode.)
So why isn't the media watchdog all over last Sunday's episode of The Cleveland Show? Why scream bloody murder over a cartoon with a pro-gay message while completely ignoring another show that is actually demeaning to our community? You know, the one that has characters vomiting at the thought of having sex with an "outrageous" deceptive "tranny" - who's really just a deep-voiced man pretending to be a woman, of course.
Thankfully, some of us were paying attention, because GLAAD sure as hell wasn't.
Complete episode and some of Renee's commentary after the jump.
Continue reading "The Cleveland Show goes transphobic: GLAAD goes silent"...
Pedro Julio Serrano, an activist and the Communications Manager for the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force, scolds the crowd at Krash nightclub in San Juan, Puerto Rico in this recent video, after reportedly hearing negative remarks about transgender people while serving as a judge for a contest at the club.
Watch, AFTER THE JUMP...
Serrano has been extremely active in advocating proper justice in the recent horrific murder of gay teen Jorge Steven Lopez Mercado, which is being investigated as a hate crime.
Thousands marched through the streets of San Juan on Wednesday in a vigil for the slain 19-year-old.
Recently, Doug Ireland reports in Gay City News, Serrano contradicted implications in the murderer's confession which suggested Mercado was dressed as a woman.
Said Serrano: "None of Jorge Steven’s friends, and I’ve spoken to many of them, knew anything about his ever having engaged in sex work, not his family, and not the police. Nor was he known as a cross-dresser. He identified and lived as a very proud gay man, he was very genuine and authentic. He was just very fashion-oriented and what you could call a gender-bender, but not in a transgendered way. We do not know if the murderer’s claim that Jorge Steven was wearing a dress is true or not, because the body had been so dismembered, its legs and arms and torso strewn in different locations, and it had also been burned along with the clothes he was wearing."
Watch Serrano's powerful speech to clubgoers at Krash in San Juan, AFTER THE JUMP...
Yeah, apparently not. The Swiss ban on minarets passed. Thoughts relevant to this (and a lot of action from rightist parties in various countries) here. (thanks to
ellen_kushner for that last link)amberite brings us Daleks in Need.Right, now, I know a lot of people are all "Torchwood is dead to me," and I'm perhaps even more "not ready yet" about this than I was about CoE (knowing what I knew going into it and trying to convince myself It Wasn't True), however, 13 episodes is REALLY EXCITING. If they'd just done another short series, it would have been very easy not to address the aftermath of CoE emotionally as it would be all action all the time. But with 13 episodes? Well, we're really going to have to see Gwen dealing with the risk to her life and her family that is Torchwood. We're really going to have to see Jack processing Ianto's and Steven's deaths and possibly dealing with Alice and/or a new romantic relationship (or avoiding same). We're going to have to see the organization re-staff and deal with a world in which Everyone Knows Terrible Things. This is EXCITING.
I have to say though, I will be really sad if filming considerations means the memorial for Ianto at Mermaid Quay comes down before I get to see it. This seems likely, and is seriously frustrating considering I am hopefully giving a paper related to said subject at a conference soon.
Also, once again, this is my first ever TV fandom where I got into the show before it got canceled. As per usual, I find this shit exhausting, but hey whatever. I suspect this means more TW novels too, which is nice, especially as the most recent batch were good as actual books, although I still need to finish up and write about The Undertaker's Gift, which I found problematic.
The protagonist doesn't necessarily view this lifestyle as a bad one; he just wants to be on top, a victor rather than a victim.
The book blurb on the cover of the first printing, 1981, from Playboy Paperbacks, reads:
More real than life, more painful, and in the end, more beautiful. Hansen really goes for the jugular!Exclamation points are de rigueur for book blurbs, especially in the 1980s.
The blurb was provided by Orson Scott Card. Yeah, the "gays are a domestic enemy destroying the fabric of our society, and Obama's giving aid and comfort to that enemy!" Orson Scott Card.
The cognitive dissonance is... dissonant.
- Mood:aging
Editors' Note: Guest blogger Louisa V. Hill is an MFA candidate at the University of Iowa's Playwrights' Workshop.
LGBT folks and their allies know all too well that their human rights are often the first to be sacrificed under the guise of "political compromise," when policymakers acquiesce to the ideologies of certain groups of people to buy votes. This year has been ripe with examples-- Rick Warren, marriage equality, ENDA, DADT-- showing us how often policymakers sell out LGBT rights for the sake of "party unity."
I'm writing to outline how the Stupak-Pitts Amendment to the Affordable Health Care for America Act (HR 3962) is a similar phenomenon, trampling on the human rights of a certain group for the sake of "compromise." But what does "compromise" really mean if your rights are the collateral damage for a so-called bigger picture?
Healthcare reform is necessary for many reasons. However, the Stupak-Pitts amendment involves more than just asking women to "take one for the team." This amendment undermines President Obama's entire healthcare plan, by reinforcing a sexist, classist healthcare hierarchy, circumscribing women's rights for an anti-choice agenda, and thus punishing those who are most in need of real healthcare reform.
Continue reading "Stupak, Pitts, and the Classist, Sexist "Sin Tax" Amendment"...
A boatload of revealing photos of Cleveland Indians center fielder Grady Sizemore has hit the web, reportedly leaked by his Playboy playmate girlfriend.
More, AFTER THE JUMP...
Previous sportraits...
Sportrait: Dwight Howard [tr]
Sportrait: Carl Edwards [tr]
Sportrait: Ben Cohen [tr]
Sportrait: Rafael Nadal [tr]
Sportrait: Mark Sanchez [tr]
These are pretty much the tame ones. Many more here (site nsfw).
And now it's:
One week to Finland's National Day!
Two weeks to Lucia and my birthday!
and
Three weeks to Leda's birthday and I go to see Eddie Izzard in Gothenburg!!
:D *happiness*
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Watch: Lady Gaga Interview and 'Speechless' on Ellen
On Friday's show, Lady Gaga told Ellen why she dresses like a freak, and performed "Speechless", explaining that she wrote the song to convince her father to have open heart surgery to replace an aortic valve.
Watch, AFTER THE JUMP...
Gaga also told the Guardian about her high point of 2009: "My relationship with the gay community has been the most incredible thing. I love them so much. My fans have a soul – they're a subculture of music lovers, pop music lovers, misfits, an incredible group of young people who all have something in common and come to my shows to be freed."
"Speechless"...
Every six months, it seems, actor Rupert Everett gives another interview, in which he warns of the dangers of being out in Hollywood.
It's that time again.
Says Everett to The Guardian: "The fact is that you could not be, and still cannot be, a 25-year-old homosexual trying to make it in the British film business or the American film business or even the Italian film business. It just doesn't work and you're going to hit a brick wall at some point. You're going to manage to make it roll for a certain amount of time, but at the first sign of failure they'll cut you right off. And I'm sick of saying, 'Yes, it's probably my own fault.' Because I've always tried to make it work and when it stops working somewhere, I try to make it work somewhere else. But the fact of the matter is, and I don't care who disagrees, it doesn't work if you're gay...It's not that advisable to be honest. It's not very easy. And, honestly, I would not advise any actor necessarily, if he was really thinking of his career, to come out."
Things are worse, now, Everett says, than they were a few years ago. "It's worse now. A gay man can only do drag. I've been reduced to drag. The next stop is probably The Dick Emery Show for me."
Of his co-starring role with Madonna in The Next Best Thing, Everett writes: "I have never read such bad reviews in my life. It blew my new career out of the water and turned my pubic hair white overnight."
He's also still not a fan of civil partnerships or marriage: "If you want to have a marriage with some bad-tempered cow from Camden Council officiating, then you must have that, and I think it's nice that you can have it. But I liked being a poof when it was illegal, frankly; it gave me a sense of being outside."
Previously...
Rupert Everett Introduces His New Face [tr]
Rupert Everett Rips Michael Jackson: 'He Was a Freak' [tr]
Rupert Everett Wonders Why He Sits 'Unf*cked' in His Hotel Room [tr]
"Outing, to me, has always seemed like using sexual orientation as a weapon, like an act of violence. To out gay priests for an anti-gay Church policy, well, how is that different than outing gay and lesbian servicemembers because Congress adopted the "don't ask, don't tell" policy? Does anyone honestly think that by outing one or 100 gay priests, the Catholic Church is going to reverse course on same-sex marriage or extending benefits to partners of same-sex employees?"
-- 365gay.com columnist Lisa Neff about the new ChurchOuting.com site that aims to out Catholic priests who don't sign a statement opposing church policy on LGBT issues
I hope that everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving holiday.
A nation-wide community conference call has been scheduled for Tuesday, Dec. 1st, at noon EST to discuss actions we can take to push a vote on ENDA now. It will last one hour.
All are welcome. Please register.
I will be on the call to discuss strategy.
It seems pretty clear to anyone with eyes to see that they're slow-walking this thing. Every politico I've spoken to says that putting the House vote in February is going to make this way harder.
We must demand action. Please join us on the call.
- 03:15 Watching Dallas Divas & Daughters for the first time. This is cracktastic. #
- 04:21 Watching S3 of Angel. I'm whiter than sour cream and even I realize that Joss Whedon should not write dialogue for black people. #
- 05:06 @TotallyFierce ...are you okay? #
- 06:16 @TotallyFierce Ah. I was just wondering, with the "shaking and crying," and then the refrigerator. #
- 08:22 Haven't watched Clean House in MONTHS...which is great because every episode in this marathon is new to me. :D #
- 08:36 8:36 a.m. and it's not even the crack of dawn yet. Fuck you, Alaska. #
- 08:37 Can it, Matt. I'd keep the old school diver helmet too. #cleanhouse #
- 09:00 The sun hasn't quite started to peek over the mountains. Much as I hate the cold, the blacklight look of the snow right now is fukken neato. #
- 09:02 ARGH. I HATE HATE HATE this Avatar commercial. The guy already had a life--why would he need a second chance? Getting around in a (1) # [Unknown LJ tag]
- 09:02 (2) wheelchair NON EST THE END OF THE WORLD. It's disability, not fukken death. #
- 09:12 With #cleanhouse I always wonder how awkward the non-revamped rooms look as soon as you step out of the redone area. :P #
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- 00:00:49: He that cannot reason is a fool. He that will not is a bigot. He that dare not is a slave. ~Andrew Carnegie
- 00:06:13: Be a giver. Find a giver. Give... and learn to receive.
- 09:49:25: Facing it — always facing it — that's the way to get through. Face it! ~Joseph Conrad
- 23:15:44: I'd be so happy ~ if you'd agree-- to be my ~ FWB. #haiku
- 23:18:04: There is no right way ~ but nor is there a wrong way ~ there is just your way. #haiku #haikuchallenge "right"
- 23:40:13: @NotOneNotTwo Um... why *what*?
- 23:43:09: @NotOneNotTwo LOL... yeah, ancient knowledge. Like that ancient Chinese secret for laundry :-p
- 23:44:28: @NotOneNotTwo There's a reason I'm called Crow, but I won't hold you to it LOL
- 23:48:16: @KellyShibari Hey, coons know what side the bread is buttered on!
- 23:49:54: @NotOneNotTwo My Gfather used to tell me when I asked "No tribe, just one lone wandering NDN." LOL
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The C-USA West Division that is.My number 20 ranked fave college football team walked into the game with our crosstown rivals at the Rob with a lot at stake.
Win and they not only gained revenge for last year's 52-45 loss to Rice and reclaim the Bayou Bucket, they clinch a share of the C-USA West title with a 6-2 record and play in next week's C-USA title game.
Tyron Carrier got the game off to a rousing start by taking the opening kickoff 99 yards for a touchdown as the Cougars raced to a 59-0 halftime lead enroute to a 73-14 victory over the Owls.
Case Keenum was 25 of 31 for 323 yards and two touchdowns. He added a first half rushing touchdown as the dark horse Heisman candidate led the 10-2 Cougars to their first 10 win season since 2006.
The Coogs will travel to Greenville, NC to play for their first C-USA championship since 2006 when they take on the East Carolina Pirates at Dowdy-Ficklen Stadium.
- 08:49 Facing it — always facing it — that's the way to get through. Face it! ~Joseph Conrad #
- 22:15 I'd be so happy ~ if you'd agree-- to be my ~ FWB. #haiku #
- 22:18 There is no right way ~ but nor is there a wrong way ~ there is just your way. #haiku #haikuchallenge "right" #
- 22:40 @NotOneNotTwo Um... why *what*? #
- 22:43 @NotOneNotTwo LOL... yeah, ancient knowledge. Like that ancient Chinese secret for laundry :-p #
- 22:44 @NotOneNotTwo There's a reason I'm called Crow, but I won't hold you to it LOL #
- 22:48 @KellyShibari Hey, coons know what side the bread is buttered on! #
- 22:49 @NotOneNotTwo My Gfather used to tell me when I asked "No tribe, just one lone wandering NDN." LOL #
- 23:04 @WeaselWhisperer There's netspeak for everything ;-) Hardly any way to avoid it, my fam's been in NM for ~ 300 years! #
- 23:05 @KellyShibari Oh, there's never too much cat food. Watch those suckers, though, one demolished my kitchen once. #
Georgia: 30, Georgia Tech: 24.
Georgia: 30, Georgia Tech: 24.
*ahem*
GLORY, GLORY TO OLD GEORGIA
GLORY, GLORY TO OLD GEORGIA
GLORY, GLORY TO OLD GEORGIA
AND TO HELL WITH GEORGIA TECH!!!!!!
Like I don't even know what to do with myself now. This was one of those games pretty firmly in the L cateogry. With Tech ranked #7 in the country, Georgia barely hanging on to a "winning" season after a, frankly, humiliating loss to Kentucky?
It is truly great to be a Georgia Bulldog.
~~~~~~~~
Also, just a small aside: anybody else been watching the Tim Tebow Show today? "Greatest leader in college football history--at least modern history," huh? I'm not necessarily disagreeing, but. LAWL
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Can you help me find that photo?
Please!
Earlier tonight I rolled over to my local multiplex to check out Precious.'All I have to say about it is 'wow'.
It was worth every penny of the $8.50 I shelled out on it since I missed the matinee.
The movie is based on the novel Push by Sapphire, and it stars Gabourey 'Gabby' Sidibe as Precious, Mo'Nique, Paula Patton, Mariah Carey, and Lenny Kravitz.
It has been piling up the awards. It earned three awards at the Sundance Film Festival and a 15 minute standing ovation at the Cannes Film Festival.
Mo'Nique deserves an Oscar nomination for her role as the abusive mother in this film. It was also interesting seeing Mariah Carey as the social worker Ms. Weiss.
It took me a few moments to recognize her since she had no makeup on and was in frumpy clothes to play this character, and yes, she actually did a bang up job in her role.
I'm not going to spoil it for those of you who haven't seen it yet, but I'd advise you to not wait until Precious hits DVD.
It will definitely be worth the trip.
Maybe post pics or talk about stars/starlets you find cute?
For me it'd be these (not in any order):
Noel Fielding
Lady GaGa
Christoph Waltz
Carla Gugino
( See Pics! )
So how about you gals and guys? Any hot celebs out there? :)
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I'm so tired of fucking excuses and once anybody brings children into it, I so don't care. I have hardly any money for food or gas and my credit is totally screwed now. I was promised money in 2 weeks and all I've gotten is a shitstorm of excuses.
Never lending money to anybody again....unless it's just like $20.
- Location:United States, Pennsylvania, New Castle
- Mood:
pissed off
From the Los Angeles Times -- Mike Penner's employer -- comes to us today with the article Veteran Times sportswriter Mike Penner dead:Mike Penner, the veteran Los Angeles Times sportswriter who made international headlines in 2007 when he announced he was transsexual and began working under the byline "Christine Daniels," has died.Colleagues said today that Penner was found dead at his Los Angeles home and that suicide was the suspected cause of death. He was 52.
"He was one of the most talented writers I've ever worked with," said Times Sports Editor Mike James, adding that Penner covered numerous beats including the National Football League and sports media during his more than two-decade-long career at the paper...
Mike, when he formerly lived as Christine, was someone I considered a peer and a friend. I feel the loss of my friend Mike tremendously.
Update: The "a.k.a" (for "also known as") was corrected in the PHB headline to f.k.a. (for "formerly known as").
( pix & wyrds (and, a bit of spoilage) )
- Location:United States, California, Long Beach
- Mood:
contemplative - Music:Winter (Basse Dance) - Blackmore's Night
Bilerico is coming to San Francisco! On Friday, Dec 4, we'll be hosting a mixer at the Sir Francis Drake Hotel. Stop by and say hello to Jerame and me plus tons of other contributors and readers! You can tell us what you thought of posts like these:
Sunday
In Honor of our Fallen Brothers and Sisters on this Day of Remembrance Filed by: Kelley WintersGayCities iPhone App Review Redux Filed by: Jerame Davis
Monday
Outing Catholic Priests Is a Fair Game at Churchouting.org Filed by: Father TonyIf S/he Were Positive, Would You Stay? Filed by: Betty Greene Salwak
Tuesday
The Horrible Truth About Gay Marriage Filed by: Diane SilverFOUND: Strangest beauty contest ever Filed by: Gloria Brame Ph.D.
Wednesday
Chairman Miller, Don't Reach For That Turkey Yet! Filed by: Dr. Jillian T. WeissSympathy fatigue Filed by: Alex Blaze
Thursday
The 2nd Thanksgiving: A Personal Story On Conflict Resolution Filed by: Bil BrowningFriday
Hockey Dad, Gay Son Filed by: Dana RudolphAnatomy of a furry convention Filed by: Austen Crowder
Trans L.A. Times Sportswriter Mike Penner Takes His Own Life
Longtime L.A. Times sportswriter Mike Penner, who made headlines in 2007 when he announced he was transitioning and would be taking the name Christine Daniels, has died in L.A. Authorities suspect he committed suicide.
Said Penner in his April 2007 column: "Today I leave for a few weeks' vacation, and when I return, I will
come back in yet another incarnation...As Christine [Daniels]...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. I realize many readers and colleagues
and friends will be shocked to read them."
Penner's gender identity made the news again last year when he announced that he would be taking back the name Mike Penner.
Said Times Sports Editor Mike James: "He was one of the most talented writers I've ever worked with. He was a gentle man, a kind man. It's just a tragedy."
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