MARTINA NAVRATILOVA & AMELIE MAURESMO.(Brief Article)

The Advocate (The national gay & lesbian newsmagazine) | August 15, 2000| | Copyright

THE LONG JOURNEY TO COME OUT MADE MARTINA NAVRATILOVA A SPECIAL CHAMPION--AND CLEARED THE COURT FOR ALL-OUT COMPETITOR AMELIE MAURESMO

Here's the difference a lesbian trailblazer makes: When tennis player Martina Navratilova began to come out in 1981, she did so slowly and tentatively. She felt betrayed by the reporter to whom she first disclosed her relationship with Rita Mae Brown. Later, when Navratilova lived with basketball player Nancy Lieberman, the two identified themselves only as friends. Even in her autobiography, written when she was with Judy Nelson, ...

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