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leftyladyfrommo

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9. Trans people were not safe. Gays were

Reply to Oneironaut (Reply #8)

Sun Mar 30, 2025, 04:01 PM

Mar 2025

not safe. They were the butt of a thousand jokes. Trans people often ended up dead. And no one much cared. So it was a huge deal for Richards to do what she did.

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Renee Richards played pro tennis in the 70s and no one complained [View all] DemocratSinceBirth Mar 2025 OP

No one complained? Jim__ Mar 2025 #1

The courts ruled in her favor AZProgressive Mar 2025 #2

I Remember It Very Differently ProfessorGAC Mar 2025 #3

We went through the 80s-2010s without anyone really making a big deal about it AZProgressive Mar 2025 #4

Huh? ProfessorGAC Mar 2025 #5

Sorry for the misunderstanding AZProgressive Mar 2025 #6

Yup--but there were complaints.. Still, she was a first in many ways. hlthe2b Mar 2025 #7

But trans people were also being left to bleed out by laughing EMTs, and, were unhirable. Oneironaut Mar 2025 #8

Trans people were not safe. Gays were leftyladyfrommo Mar 2025 #9

She was in her 40s when she was playing against younger women. She herself acknowledged the following: Midwestern Democrat Mar 2025 #10

Bobby Riggs was 55, to King's 29 alarimer Mar 2025 #11