Billie Jean King to be awarded with Congressional Gold Medal: 'An honor and a privilege'
The tennis legend will be the first woman athlete to receive the award.
September 18, 2024
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The tennis legend will be the first woman athlete to receive the award.
The action figure of the tennis legend is modeled after her look when she beat Bobby Riggs in the infamous Battle of the Sexes.
Audiences gave love to the film starring Emma Stone as lesbian tennis star Billie Jean King.
The American tennis champion proposed a unique response to the Australian player's anti-LGBT diatribe.
The National Tennis Center in Queens, N.Y., site of the U.S. Open, will be renamed for out tennis legend Billie Jean King.
Gauff gave a shout out to the lesbian icon after receiving her $3 million check.
The tennis champion who recently said that there would be "no Easter" if marriage equality passed in her country, accused the government of wanting to "stifle" and "silence" Christians.
Court said she's skipping the Grand Slam at the Margaret Court Arena to go crabbing, but she also said "there will be a price to pay" for passing marriage equality.
If Australians voting "yes" to marriage didn't upset Court enough, Martina Navratilova dragged her on Twitter about the upcoming holidays.
Billie Jean King called out Nadal, who argued against equal pay for women based on his factually incorrect ideas about which gender draws more viewers.
Australian tennis champ Court has amped up her hateful anti-LGBT statements since marriage equality passed there late last year.
No out actors were nominated -- but Armie Hammer, Timothee Chalamet, and Emma Stone were honored for playing gay roles.
Tennis legend Billie Jean King is serving up two new projects: On April 20 in Beverly Hills the Women's Sports Foundation (founded by King in 1974) holds the first annual Billie awards program. And King has an endorsement with RainbowVision resort retirement communities for LGBT folks and friends. The Santa Fe, N.M., site opened last November; the Palm Springs, Calif., site, set to open in 2008, includes the Billie Jean King Fitness Center and Spa.
Here are this year's scripted stories that shine in their depiction of queer lives.
The tennis champ famous for her anti-LGBT views says same-sex marriage will destroy all major holidays.
McEnroe's not sorry he said the "best female"player would be the 700th best on the male circuit.
The bisexual actor and singer says he fights for "kindness and equality" in all aspects of life.
The tennis legend put her reputation on the line for women's equality, but she's always been an intersectional force.
Any celebration of the The Advocate's founding in 1967 must honor the heroes for LGBT rights that we've covered for 45 years. With one honoree named per year, this is the final installment before a celebration Thursday in Los Angeles.