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Title: Tennis's reluctant transgender pioneer
Post by: stephaniec on June 26, 2015, 03:52:01 PM
Post by: stephaniec on June 26, 2015, 03:52:01 PM
Tennis's reluctant transgender pioneer
http://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-33062241
BBC World Service/by Sara Letati 06/26/2015/Magazine
" Renee Richards made history when she walked out on to the center court of Forest Hills Stadium to play in the 1977 U.S. Open. She was the first transgender woman to play in a professional tennis tournament."
http://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-33062241
BBC World Service/by Sara Letati 06/26/2015/Magazine
" Renee Richards made history when she walked out on to the center court of Forest Hills Stadium to play in the 1977 U.S. Open. She was the first transgender woman to play in a professional tennis tournament."