Golfer Lana Turner banned from Women 's Long Drivers , LPGA by anti - transsexual rule . Donna Rose : Discrimination against women similar to past treatment of black athletes . I finished sixth in my weight class . Transsexual tennis player Renee Richards won this title back in 1970s , Rose writes . Olympics exclude transsexuals under rules , she says , that U.S. LGBT groups cannot adopt .
Golfer Lana Turner banned from Women 's Long Drivers , LPGA by anti - transsexual rule . Donna Rose : Discrimination against women similar to past treatment of black athletes . Transsexual tennis player Renee Richards won this title back in 1970s , Rose writes . Olympics exclude transsexuals under rules , she says , that U.S. LGBT groups cannot adopt .