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SUMMARY:Book Talk: FINDING RENEE RICHARDS by Julie Kliegman\\, with Giri 
 Nathan
DESCRIPTION:QED Astoria and the Astoria Bookshop present a book talk for 
 author Julie Kliegman&#8217\\;s FINDING RENEE RICHARDS\\, a new biography
  of the pioneering trans athlete (and Queens native). Julie will be in co
 nversation with Giri Nathan\\, co-founder and tennis writer at Defector.c
 om.\\nAbout the Book\\nFifty years ago\\, tennis player Renée Richards m
 ade international headlines in her fight to compete in the women’s draw
  of the 1977 US Open—marking the first time a trans athlete sued to par
 ticipate in professional sports in the gender category with which they id
 entify.\\nFinding Renée Richards chronicles Richards’s extraordinary l
 ife\\, moving from her tumultuous upbringing in Queens\\, New York\\, to 
 her career as a successful eye surgeon\\; her years as a star tennis play
 er to her role as a transgender pioneer. Now in her nineties\\, Renée re
 mains a complex figure: A person who changed the sports world forever yet
  questions the place of trans athletes in that world today.\\nGLAAD award
 -nominated sports journalist Julie Kliegman deftly probes these contradic
 tions\\, drawing on intimate interviews and offering critical reflections
  on what is at stake for athletes\\, fans\\, and the queer community toda
 y\\, at a time when trans participation in sports is more hotly contested
 —and condemned—than ever before.\\nhttps://www.gayout.com/usa-canada/
 united-states/new-york/events/book-talk-finding-renee-richards-by-julie-k
 liegman-with-giri-nathan-2026-08-24
LOCATION:New York
URL:https://www.gayout.com/usa-canada/united-states/new-york/events/book-talk-finding-renee-richards-by-julie-kliegman-with-giri-nathan-2026-08-24
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