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St. James Encyclopedia of Pop Culture, Jan 29, 2002 by Victoria Price
At the end of her career, King was outed as a lesbian, becoming the first woman in professional sports to bear the brunt of a nation's homophobia. Although her admission of her sexuality was clouded by her stated discomfort with being a lesbian and her continued marriage to Larry King, Billie Jean laid the groundwork for women such as Martina Navratilova, Melissa Etheridge, and Ellen DeGeneres to come out of the closet. Now openly lesbian, King lends her outspoken advocacy to gay causes.
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