Image / Renee Richards (aka Richard Raskind) being interviewed in Newport Beach, Calif., 1976

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Title: Renee Richards (aka Richard Raskind) being interviewed in Newport Beach, Calif., 1976
Contributor: Olender, Ben
Date Created and/or Issued: August 19, 1976
1976-08-19
Publication Information: Los Angeles Times
Contributing Institution: UCLA, Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library
Collection: Los Angeles Times Photographic Archives
Rights Information: US
UCLA Library Special Collections, A1713 Charles E. Young Research Library, Box 951575, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575. Email: spec-coll@library.ucla.edu. Phone: (310) 825-4988
Description: TELLING IT LIKE IT IS--Dr. Renee Richards, who was Dr. Richard Raskind before undergoing a sex-change operation, meets press at a Newport Beach tennis club to tell why she feels she should be allowed to play big-time tournament tennis with women.
Type: image
Format: b&w negative
Identifier: uclalat_1429_b801_283760
ark:/21198/zz0002r1js
Language: No linguistic content
Subject: Lifestyle
People
Sex change--Law and legislation--United States
Transsexuals--Legal status, laws, etc--United States
Tennis players--United States
Richards, Rene´e
Source: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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