May 1st 1981 : The day Billie Jean Kg publicly me out as gay

first gay woman tennis player

On May 1, 1981, Billie Jean Kg publicly me out as gay

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MAY 1, 1981: THE DAY 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.

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May 1st 1981 : The day Billie Jean Kg publicly me out as gay .

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