The fact that they did not include what you just informed me about did not help with my response to this tragedy. Had I known what had happened, what I wrote about could have been far different. Thank you for telling me what happened, but for them to not explain this means that I was left with a lot of unanswered questions.

Of course, you mention speculation not being alright for a newspaper, I might point out that, until the coroner reports what happened, they are speculating that this is suicide. It could be something else entirely. They may have a strong understanding that this was probably suicide, but to report it as suicide as an absolute is speculation. For all we know, it could be homicide, it could be death by misadventure.

I am sorry, but it would have been better if the LA Times had fully covered the story, including the decision by Mike to return to living as a man. As it stands, what they presented is a story that leaves a lot to be questioned.