The history-making tennis star talks to Refinery29 about the Battle of the Sexes film and what it means to make history.
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Billie Jean King, who was born in California in 1943, won 39 Grand Slam titles before she retired in 1983. In a memoir, she recounts her fight for better pay and recognition as a leading tennis player.
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Billie Jean King (USA) - 1978 US Open Mixed Doubles, early rounds. Photographer: June Harrison
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Fifty years after signing one of the most lucrative—and consequential—contract in sports, Billie Jean King is still fighting for more.
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Tennis legend Billie Jean King, who is played by Emma Stone in the new movie "Battle of the Sexes," talks about the film, LGBTQ rights and being outed.
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Billie Jean King, 1976.
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Fifty years ago, Billie Jean King faced Bobby Riggs in a tennis match that held importance for King and generations of female athletes that followed.
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And she stays winning.
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American top tennis player Bille Jean King with Elton John during Wimbledon, 1976.
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Chris Evert and Billie Jean King in 1971
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