Reflections On Mike Penner/Christine Daniels

Journalist Mike Penner/Christine Daniels energized the transsexual community when he used his LA Times sports column to announce he was becoming a woman. But the spotlight on his transitioning process may have been too much to endure. Last year he quietly went back to living as a man, and last month tragically took his own life. Christina Kahrl, sports journalist, transsexual and friend to Penner/Daniels, spoke with The Daily Beast about the columnist’s brave choice to transition publicly – and what it might have cost him.