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The debate over transgender athletes' participation in sports reached tennis this week when the Women's Tennis Association changed its eligibility policy to require genetic sex testing for all players. But in professional tennis history, there's only been one openly transgender player: Renée Richards.
Richards became the first out trans professional athlete in the United States when she successfully sued for her right to compete as a woman in the 1977 U.S. Open. Richards played professional tennis for five years and then returned to her ophthalmology practice, which she retired from a few years ago.
And yet, as the battle over transgender athlete rights grab the political and cultural spotlight, Richards' story is often forgotten, said Julie Kliegman, the author of a forthcoming biography titled, "Finding Renée Richards: The Groundbreaking Story of Tennis’s Trans Pioneer."
"She's…
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