'Twitter' Is Word of Sexless Year
In your maverick Monday media column: A word is preposterously declared to be The Top, Jim Lehrer takes it slow and steady, the Mike Penner vs. Christine Daniels question, and you are invited to a Hooker Pub.
Mike Penner, Sports Columnist, 52
Mike Penner, LA Times sports columnist, was found dead in her apartment yesterday; it appears to be a suicide. Penner famously came out as a transsexual, becoming Christine Daniels, and one of America's few transgender sports writers. [LAist]
Tranny Sportswriter Lookin' Good
Ever since LAT sportswriter Mike Penner announced his transformation into lady LAT sportswriter Christine Daniels, we've had one burning question on our minds: How's she look? Now we know!
Tranny Sportswriter Sets Traffic Benchmark For Local Paper
Yesterday's article by Mike Penner—the Los Angeles Times sportswriter who is undergoing gender reassignment—was a bonanza. By last night, it had got half a million page views, becoming one of the most requested pages on LATimes.com over the last year (can you hear the NYT snickering?), and 1000+ comments on the site's…
