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04-26-2007, 09:15 PM
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Sports Writer: "I'm Transgender"
Saw this article on the front page of MSNBC today and thought it took a lot of guts on behalf of the writer AND the L.A. Times. I was pleasantly surprised by many of the kind comments in the feedback section, which frankly I expected to be filled with hate speak.
Old Mike, New Christine
By Mike Penner, Times Staff Writer
April 26, 2007
During my 23 years with The Times' sports department, I have held a wide variety of roles and titles. Tennis writer. Angels beat reporter. Olympics writer. Essayist. Sports media critic. NFL columnist. Recent keeper of the Morning Briefing flame.
Today I leave for a few weeks' vacation, and when I return, I will come back in yet another incarnation.
As Christine.
More at http://www.latimes.com/sports/la-sp-...home-headlines
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04-26-2007, 09:36 PM
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OK, this is sad but true.
I almost said, "It takes to some real balls to write this article."
I guess it's really the other way around in this case.
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04-30-2007, 06:05 PM
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it's true, i admire hir's courage in announcing this publicly (going with the gender neutral pronoun since he's not a she yet, but will be!)
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04-30-2007, 08:44 PM
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There's already a prominent baseball writer (Christina Kahrl, formerly Chris Kahrl) who has been working as a transgender writer the past few years.
It doesn't matter to me, if they can write, I'll read their stuff.
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04-30-2007, 09:10 PM
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Originally Posted by KSigkid
It doesn't matter to me, if they can write, I'll read their stuff.
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Yup.
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05-01-2007, 09:15 AM
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Well bless its heart.
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05-01-2007, 09:19 AM
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Originally Posted by JonInKC
Well bless its heart.
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I laughed at this. So wrong, but I did. 
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05-01-2007, 01:48 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by JonInKC
Well bless its heart.
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Brilliant.
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