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10. She was in her 40s when she was playing against younger women. She herself acknowledged the following:

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Sun Mar 30, 2025, 05:15 PM

Mar 2025

Richards has since expressed ambivalence about her legacy, and came to believe her past as a man provided her with advantages over her competitors, saying "Having lived for the past 30 years, I know if I'd had surgery at the age of 22, and then at 24 went on the tour, no genetic woman in the world would have been able to come close to me. And so I've reconsidered my opinion."

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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