Insir is highlightg out and proud athlet who intify as lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr, queer, and more honor of pri month.
Contents:
- MAY 1, 1981: THE DAY BILLIE JEAN KG PUBLICLY ME OUT AS GAY
- 5 ACTIVE TENNIS PLAYERS WHO HAVE E OUT AS GAY OR BISEXUAL, FT. DARIA KASATKA & SAMANTHA STOSUR
MAY 1, 1981: THE DAY BILLIE JEAN KG PUBLICLY ME OUT AS GAY
On May 1, 1981, Billie Jean Kg publicly me out as gay * first gay woman tennis player *
The number of top tennis people who have chosen to intify as what we now ll LGBTQ+ may be ltle more than a dozen but they clu Marta Navratilova and Gottied Von Cramm, two of the most thrillg champns to have ever played the game; Teddy Tlg, the gay signer who changed the look of tennis; Eleanor ‘Teach’ Tennant, the Californian ach who opened up the game to talented boys and girls om poorer backgrounds; and Renee Richards, who 1977 beme the first transgenr profsnal sport. The buildg, known as the Dansk Tennis Club, is a tribute to Leif Rovsg who missned, signed, and rated after he was banned om tennis 1917 for ‘prumed homosexualy’.
Unknown outsi Denmark, Rovsg has recent years been redisvered as a gay hero there.
5 ACTIVE TENNIS PLAYERS WHO HAVE E OUT AS GAY OR BISEXUAL, FT. DARIA KASATKA & SAMANTHA STOSUR
For the rt of his life, Rovsg mpaigned to w acceptance of homosexualy sport, wrg books and pamphlets and givg talks and lectur Denmark and abroad.