During a 2007 interview with The Sunday Times, King said she once feared that acknowledging her sexuality could hurt her career. Tennis player and LGBTQ+ rights advocate Billie Jean King won the famous “ Battle of the Sexes” match against Bobby Riggs in 1973, more than 40 years before same-sex marriage became legal throughout the United States.
LGBTQ+ athletes have been breaking down barriers and challenging prejudices for decades, but it wasn’t always easy.
