crowd reaction. the letters, the response when i came on court. when i started winning, being gay and winning, i think it was too threatening. it was ok to be gay as long as i was losing, but when i started dominating, somehow i had an unfair advantage, i don t know how. financially, it would have cost you a lot. i didn t lose any deals, but i didn t get any new deals. let s put it that way. i had my shoes, racquets and clothing contracts, always, and then when i started winning, the money was better, but did i ever get paid as much as chris for the same deals? i doubt it. and i certainly didn t any get any outside deals. more successful lesbian icon than martina navratilova in the 80s and 90s. tennis in many ways has led the way in terms of equal pay and attitudes to the lgbt community. billiejean king says it is one of her greatest regrets that she didn t come earlier to the realisation
even if i had been with a man, i would have wanted the separate house. you know, i m an adult now, my parents live next door, literally three houses down, so at the end it was only about me being happy, and does the person i am with treat me well? it was a very negative thing from the fans standpoint. from crowd reaction or from letters? yes. crowd reaction. the letters, the response when i came on court. when i started winning, being gay and winning, i think it was too threatening. it was ok to be gay as long as i was losing, but when i started dominating, somehow i had an unfair advantage, i don t know how. financially, it would have cost you a lot. i didn t lose any deals, but i didn t get any new deals. let s put it that way. i had my shoes, racquets and clothing contracts, always, and then when i started winning, the money was better, but did i ever get paid as much as chris for the same deals? i doubt it.
but when i started dominating, somehow i had an unfair advantage, i don t know how. financially, it would have cost you a lot. i didn t lose any deals, but i didn t get any new deals. let s put it that way. i had my shoes, racquets and clothing contracts, always, and then when i started winning, the money was better, but did i ever get paid as much as chris for the same deals? i doubt it. and i certainly didn t get any outside deals. i m not sure there has ever been a bolder, more visible, more successful lesbian icon than martina navratilova in the 80s and 90s. tennis in many ways has led the way in terms of equal pay and attitudes to the lgbt community. billiejean king says it is one of her greatest regrets that she didn t come earlier to the realisation that she needed to be her authentic self, and she needed to talk about it. but my word, the campaigning she has done since has really made up for that. and it has paved the way