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Life
Billie Jean King reveals she’s gotten married in private after hesitating for years
“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.
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LGBTQ History
Lesbian couple kicks butt & makes history as Wimbledon doubles partners
They’ve been dating for three years and hope that their visibility encourages more male tennis players to come out.
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Life
Martina Navratilova’s transphobic comments are starting to cost her
She wrote that trans women will “win everything in sight and perhaps earn a small fortune” before de-transitioning.
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News (World)
Tennis star Alison van Uytvanck kissed her girlfriend on TV after winning a match at Wimbledon
She says there’s no reason to hide her sexuality because “I’m not sick. I don’t have a disease.”
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Life
Martina Navratilova proposal broadcast on big screen at US Open
NEW YORK — Tennis great Martina Navratilova proposed to her girlfriend on the big screen of Arthur Ashe Stadium between the U.S. Open men’s semifinals. Navratilova popped the question to Julia Lemigova in the Tennis Channel suite Saturday, drawing a loud cheer from the crowd. “I was very nervous,” Navratilova said later. “It came off. She said yes. It was kind of an …
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Life
Billie Jean King talks tennis, LGBT athletes, keys to a successful career
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.
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Life
Notre Dame’s Matt Dooley: The hardest person to tell he is gay was himself
Notre Dame tennis player Matt Dooley said the hardest person to tell he was gay was himself. “Saying gay for the first time was extremely tough, almost choking, because you know your life will never be the same. That was the hardest part, to move forward from there,” the 22-year-old senior said Thursday.
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Life
Billie Jean King talks Sochi Olympics, LGBT rights, openly gay athletes
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…
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Life
Billie Jean King to attend Olympics’ closing ceremony in Sochi
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.
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Life
Billie Jean King won’t attend Sochi opening due to family illness
NEW YORK — Billie Jean King will not attend Friday’s opening ceremony of the Sochi Olympics in Russia because her mother is ill.