Billie Jean King

• Birth date: 1943
  

With the U.S. Open heading into the home stretch, Jon Guerrica might be the busiest man in tennis.

The tennis legend was honored with France’s highest medal.

Cox said she felt so grateful to be able to give her younger self something she was denied as a child.

“Terrific to see Wimbledon making this important change.”

Los Angeles Dodgers VP Erik Braverman popped the question to his engineer-model-photographer boyfriend Jonathan Cottrell in Las Vegas. Cottrell happily said yes.

“Years from now, I never want anyone to question how much I was committed to you,” King said about her life-long partner Ilana Kloss, she reveals in her upcoming memoir.

One politician said that LGBTQ rights threaten “the preservation of the human race” as advocates push for protections before the Olympics.

Some of sports most memorable moments pushed a progressive social agenda and influenced the nation.

And viewers may find LGBTQ entertainers star before and after the big game, too.

“Every young person, and especially youth who are transgender, or intersex, should be able to participate fully in sport.”

People all over the world are taking action against Brunei over its gay stoning law.

“Mike Pence doesn’t stand for anything that I really believe in.”

Billie Jean King believes Caitlyn Jenner has given people clarity about transgender issues beyond the progress already seen four decades after they shared the international spotlight as athletes.

NEW YORK — Billie Jean King is so busy attending events during the U.S. Open, she hardly has time to watch matches at the venue that bears her name. However, King still has plenty of opinions on tennis and other topics. She believes Serena Williams can win “tons” more Grand Slam titles and Michael Sam “made history” despite not making the roster of an NFL team.

Billie Jean King’s taxi ride home after the Sochi Olympics included a revelation. She had just returned from a whirlwind three days at the Sochi Games, part of the U.S. delegation for the closing ceremony chosen by President Barack Obama. She watched the gold-medal men’s hockey game won by Canada, went up the mountain for bobsled, greeted U.S. athletes and met a Russian gay teenager…

WASHINGTON — Billie Jean King will attend the closing ceremony of the Sochi Olympics in Russia as part of President Barack Obama’s official U.S. delegation.

NEW YORK — Billie Jean King will not attend Friday’s opening ceremony of the Sochi Olympics in Russia because her mother is ill.

Billie Jean King believes standing up to discrimination is the best way to combat it, so she had no hesitation joining the U.S. delegation for the Sochi Olympics.

WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama sent Russia a clear message about its treatment of gays and lesbians with who he is – and isn’t – sending to represent the United States at the Sochi Olympics.

BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. — Billie Jean King said Tuesday that she couldn’t have revealed herself as being gay in the 1970s because it would have damaged the fledgling women’s professional tennis tour.