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Aug 9, 2007 · NEW YORK (Reuters) - As Renee Richards, the world's most famous transsexual athlete, looks back on her life, she has one regret -- the fame she attained. Richards, who was born Richard Raskind ...
Sep 15, 2004 · All very ordinary. But Raskind had been keeping an extraordinary secret. From the age of six he had felt uncomfortable as a male. So in 1975, aged 41, with 10 years of psychoanalysis and a divorce behind him, Raskind underwent a sex-change operation. He emerged as Dr Renée Richards. 'The compulsion was so great,' Richards admitted recently.
May 29, 2015 · No, I don’t,” Richards said. Richards, who was born male, changed her name from Richard Raskind after her transformation and defiantly went on to take the court as a woman in the US Open.
Sep 1, 2018 · In 1975, a former Yale University tennis star named Richard Raskind had a sex-change operation and became a woman, establishing a new identity as Renee Richards. Raskind had been captain of the Yale men’s team in 1954 and a successful player in senior competition. He reached the semifinals of the US Men’s 35 Championships in 1975.
Mar 26, 2015 · Item 1 of 3 Renee Richards poses for a portrait on the front porch of her home in Carmel, New York, March 25, 2015. REUTERS/Mike Segar ... the transgender pioneer Richards, born Richard Raskind ...
Renée Richards. Renée Richards (s. 19. elokuuta 1934) on yhdysvaltalainen silmälääkäri ja entinen tennispelaaja, joka menestyi ammattilaistasolla 1970-luvulla. Hänet tunnetaan yhtenä ensimmäisistä transsukupuolisista urheilijoista. Richards oli alun perin Richard Raskind -niminen mies, jonka sukupuoli korjattiin kirurgisesti naiseksi ...
Mar 26, 2007 · Renee Richards is a successful physician and champion tennis player. Born in 1934 as Richard Raskind, Richards was thrust into the international spotlight by the disclosure of her sex reassignment surgery after she won a women's tennis tournament.
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