Out in Print: ‘Finding Renée Richards: The Ground-Breaking Story of Tennis’s Trans Pioneer’
Come on in, the water’s fine. Wade into it up to your ankles, your calves, your waist, you’ll be okay. You’ll adjust to the waves that swirl around you so come on, dive in, it’s all good. As in the new book “Finding Renée Richards” by Julie Kliegman, that goes for swimming and for controversy.…
Is the Center for American Progress side-stepping trans rights?
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Martina Navratilova supports sex tests in women’s tennis
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The World Cup’s LGBTQ+ contradiction is on full display
As the 2026 FIFA World Cup continues across North America, the tournament is creating moments of LGBTQ+ visibility while highlighting a more complicated reality: the world’s biggest sporting event brings together countries with dramatically different records on LGBTQ+ rights. One of the most widely shared moments of the tournament came after Mexico’s recent World Cup…
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