Transgender Icon Renée Richards Talks Gender Stigmas Before There Was 'Somebody Like Bruce Jenner'

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By Jacqueline Andriakos @jandriakos
05/27/2015 AT 02:30 PM EDT

Before the media frenzy erupted over Bruce Jenner's life-changing decision to become a woman, another star athlete made the same choice 40 years ago.

Renée Richards, who became one of the most famous transgender individuals after undergoing a sex-change operation in 1975, opened up about how gender acceptance has shifted since the time of her transition. And according to Richards, times have changed.

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One of my heroines Renee Richards speaks out on how the times they are a changin'.

I am in awe of people like her who transitioned at a time when it threatened her livelihood and her life.

She transitioned about the same time Bruce was winning Gold...