Dr. Renee Richards….in discussion at 72 years young!
After viewing a program this morning (4/29/2007 CBS Sunday Morning) with and about “Dr. Renee Richards“, the controversial Sex-Change Tennis player who made headlines in the 70s. I wondered once again. When are folks just gonna get over it? Is society ever going to make it ok to be who you ARE. Dr. Richards says that she believes, that even after her death, she will always be remembered as “the Transsexual Tennis Player“. I think she’s absolutely right about that, I am afraid to say. How powerful a legacy is that? And. How truely shallow of society to do that. Here we have a brilliant physician/surgeon, educator, writer and terrific athlete. Yet. She is still treated as the Guy who decided one day to be a Girl instead! Ms. Richards does not consider herself any sort of a pioneer or crusader. But. Somehow society has managed or decided for her, what her LEGACY shall be. What nerves we have…!
