"I am just thrilled that Jason's come out, because we need more male athletes to come out, and we need straight male athletes and women to stick up for us," tennis legend Billie Jean King told Daily Intelligencer at a party for a new documentary on the Williams sisters, Venus & Serena, last night. "I can just say, in women's tennis, everyone was really good to each other. Thank God, but as far as publicly, it was really difficult," explained King, whose 1981 outing resulted in a loss of endorsements and a major hit on her career.
"I got outed, and then Martina [Navratilova] came out because she was going to get outed," King continued. "And that is terrible, because you always want to come out on your own terms. And Jason came out on his own terms. It's so shame-based, but it's so much less shame-based now. But it is the civil rights issue of the early 21st century, without any question, the way that it was in the sixties for people of color."
Via: Billie Jean King on Jason Collins: Women Dont Get the Same Attention for Coming Out
Tidak ada komentar:
Posting Komentar