article_snippet.sent: A source quoted by Entertainment Tonight says that Bruce was greatly influenced by the life story of transgender tennis player Renee Richards.
article_snippet.sent: transgender tennis player Renee Richards, born a boy Richard Raskind in 1934, underwent gender reassignment surgery in 1975.
article_snippet.sent: In 1976, she launched a legal challenge after the US Tennis Association denied she permission to compete as a woman in the U.S. Open because she had not been born a woman and in 1977 the New York Supreme Court ruled in she favor in a landmark decision for transsexual rights.
article_snippet.sent: It's believed that she autobiography Second Serve, published in 1983, had a significant influence on Bruce.
article_snippet.sent: Inspiration: transgender tennis player Renee Richards won the right to complete as a woman in the 1977 U.S. Open after winning a landmark legal battle.
article_snippet.sent: transgender tennis player Renee Richards was born a boy in 1934 .
article_snippet.sent: Textbook transition: It's suggested that Bruce was greatly influenced by transgender tennis player Renee Richards life story as outlined in she 1983 autobiography Second Serve.
highlights_snippet.sent: Bruce was inspired by the story of transgender tennis player Renee Richards who was born a man and in 1976 won the right to compete as a woman .
  