Finding Renée Richards: The Groundbreaking Story of Tennis’s Trans Pioneer

Available from Nook & Cranny Books when we last checked. Sold from the shop’s own store; the price there is the one that counts.

The candid, definitive biography of professional tennis’s first openly transgender player, Renée Richards, featuring never-before-seen archival photos and untold stories nearly lost to history, until now. Fifty years ago, tennis player Renée 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. Renée eventually won her