Billie Jean King on Stonewall 50 and LGBT Rights: ‘It’s Called Equality, and We Want It Now’ The Daily Beast
Photo Illustration by Sarah Rogers/The Daily Beast/Photos Getty In this special series, LGBT celebrities and public figures talk to Tim Teeman about the Stonewall Riots and their legacy. Tennis great Billie Jean King is the founder of the Billie Jean King Leadership Initiative. She won 39 Grand Slam titles, including a record 20 Wimbledon titles. She was outed in 1981, and is a passionate advocate for LGBT equality. When/how did you first hear about the Stonewall Riots, and what did you make of them? I was not as closely in tune with the community, or myself, in 1969 as I am today. I was in…