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

Item Overview

Title: Renee Richards (aka Richard Raskind) being interviewed in Newport Beach, Calif., 1976
Photographer: Olender, Ben
Date Created: August 19, 1976
Date: 1976-08-19
Publisher: Los Angeles Times
Language: No linguistic content
Collection: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Notes

Caption: 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.

Physical Description

Extent: 1 photograph
Dimensions: 35 mm.
Medium: b&w negative

Keywords

Genre: news photographs
Names: Richards, Rene´e
Location: Newport Beach (Calif.)
Resource type: still image
Subjects: Lifestyle
People
Sex change--Law and legislation--United States
Transsexuals--Legal status, laws, etc--United States
Tennis players--United States

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Repository: University of California, Los Angeles. Library. Department of Special Collections
Local Identifier: uclalat_1429_b801_283760
ARK: ark:/21198/zz0002r1js
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