7. Billy Jean King
The former World No. 1 professional tennis player was inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame in 1987, the same year she divorced her husband of 22 years, attorney Larry King. Billy Jean admits that she realized she was attracted to women in 1968 and began an affair with her secretary three years later. It wasn’t until 1981 that King came out publicly, making her the first professional female athlete to come out as a lesbian. BJK currently resides in New York with her life partner, Ilana Kloss.
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