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The candid, definitive biography of professional tennis's first openly transgender player, Renee Richards, featuring never-before-seen archival photos and untold stories nearly lost to history, until now.

Fifty years ago, tennis player Renee Richards made international headlines in her fight to compete in the women's draw of the 1977 US Open-marking the first time a trans athlete sued to participate in professional sports in the gender category with which they identify. Renee eventually won her case. Though she lost in the first round of the singles tournament, she and her tennis partner made it to the finals in doubles, losing to Martina Navratilova and her partner.

Finding Renee Richards chronicles Richards's extraordinary life, moving from her tumultuous upbringing in Queens, New York, to her career as a successful eye surgeon; her years as a star tennis player to her role as a transgender pioneer. Now in her nineties, Renee remains a complex figure: A person who changed the sports world forever yet questions the place of trans athletes in that world today. GLAAD award-nominated sports journalist Julie Kliegman deftly probes these contradictions, drawing on intimate interviews and offering critical reflections on what is at stake for athletes, fans, and the queer community today, at a time when trans participation in sports is more hotly contested-and condemned-than ever before.

Finding Renee Richards includes a 20-page photo insert featuring never-before-seen archival images.

Advance Praise for FINDING RENÉE RICHARDS

"FINDING RENÉE RICHARDS offers a fascinating account of an important and often overlooked figure in American sports and culture. Julie Kliegman tells the story with impressive research, vivid writing, and searing honesty. A timely and timeless book."  -Jonathan Eig, winner of the Pulitzer Prize for King: A Life

"An elegant, meticulous investigation of one of the most intriguing people in tennis history. Kliegman explores the gap between gender politics past and present to poignant and thought-provoking effect; this book illuminates not just Richards but an entire society shifting around her." -Giri Nathan, bestselling author of Changeover

"FINDING RENÉE RICHARDS is a magnificent portrait of one of the most famous trans women in American history. Kliegman catalogs Renee Richards's life and career with remarkable care, excavating the intimate thoughts-and occasional political contradictions-of a titanic figure in queer life." -Michael Waters, Lambda Literary Award-winning author of The Other Olympians

"Amid culture war screaming, FINDING RENÉE RICHARDS dials down the noise and diligently documents generational shifts in both gender and sports through this precise portrait of a living legend, telling her story just in time." -Ben Rothenberg, author of Naomi Osaka

"Julie Kliegman's insightful, informative biography of iconoclastic ophthalmologist turned tennis pro Renee Richards-the world's most famous trans woman in the 1970s-couldn't be more timely or relevant today in light of the current culture wars over trans people in sports." -Susan Stryker, Lambda Literary Award-winning author of Transgender History

About the Author

Julie Kliegman is the author of Mind Game: An Inside Look at the Mental Health Playbook of Elite Athletes. She is the copy chief for Sports Illustrated, was a copy editor at The Ringer, weekend editor and breaking news contributor at The Week, and a news fellow at BuzzFeed. She has written for Sports Illustrated, the Washington Post, The Ringer, Vulture, BuzzFeed, Vox, The Verge, Bustle, Washington Monthly, The Week, and other publications. Kliegman is a frequent guest on radio and podcasts, including SportsNet 90 The FAN, Sports Media with Richard Deitsch, New Hampshire Public Radio, BTR Daily Beat, and FM 96.9 The Game. She lives in Queens, New York.

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