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Julie Kliegman

@juliekliegman.com
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Copy editor @propublica.org. Author of FINDING RENÉE RICHARDS (2026), a biography, and MIND GAME (2024), about elite athlete mental health. Nonbinary ace. They/them. www.juliekliegman.com

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Julie Kliegman @juliekliegman.com · 5h
I’m really looking forward to talking to @thefrankiedlc.news and their newsletter subscribers about FINDING RENÉE RICHARDS. Oct. 15, please register!
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OOYL special author event: FINDING RENEE RICHARDS
a virtual chat with author Julie Kliegman
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Julie Kliegman @juliekliegman.com · 5h
Hey, free shipping rn on @bookshop.org! Snag FINDING RENÉE RICHARDS
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Finding Renée Richards: The Groundbreaking Story of Tennis’s Trans Pioneer
"Not to be missed." —Stephanie Howes, Booklist (starred review)A Town & Country Must-Read Book of Summer 2026The candid, definitive biography of professional tennis’s first openly transgender play...
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tuck woodstock @tuck.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
The 12th(!) Gender Reveal grant cycle is now open for applications! As always, these funds are for organizing / community projects led by trans people of color. We are particularly interested in funding existing projects that materially support trans folks, queer people of color, immigrants, etc.
Are you a trans person of color doing rad art or community organizing work? we want to give you $1000! applications for the gender reveal podcast's 2026 grant program are open now through October 31. apply and learn more at genderpodcast.com/grant.We are specifically looking for projects that materially support trans folks, queer people of color, and/or other marginalized communities, as well as projects that foster exploration and celebration of gender diversity and trans lives. 

We accept applications from anywhere in the world. Collectives/groups are welcome to apply.

Grant recipients are chosen by a paid panel of trans judges of color. Winners will be announced by December 31, 2026. 

AI-written applications will be deleted.
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Julie Kliegman @juliekliegman.com · 04/10/2026
important work from @seehafer.bsky.social @theixsports.bsky.social documenting and analyzing WNBA injuries
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WNBA Injury Tracker: Who gets hurt, and how often | The IX Basketball
Below is, to our knowledge, the only public running tally of every injury that has occurred in the WNBA during the 2026 season.
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Julie Kliegman @juliekliegman.com · 04/10/2026
Lego Polaroid build and helper
Part of a Lego Polaroid build framed by an old-school Kodak editing programA pile of colorful assorted LegoA gray and white cat’s eyes peering out from a cardboard box
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Julie Kliegman @juliekliegman.com · 04/10/2026
lol this is still true
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Jaya Saxena @jayasaxena.com · 02/10/2026
All Chip City locations have been told they're shutting down immediately so now is a great time to read Courtney's piece on private equity's influence and investment in the cookie business on @weareravenous.com www.weareravenous.com/the-curious-...
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The Curious Case of the Soulless Private Equity Cookie
If you’re going to pay more than $5 for a single cookie, it should at least have some soul.
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Julie Kliegman @juliekliegman.com · 02/10/2026
I found this quiz pretty eye-opening
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Quiz: Where Could You Open a Private School? — ProPublica
Private school requirements vary wildly across states. Take our quiz to find out just how easy starting one can be.
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Julie Kliegman @juliekliegman.com · 01/10/2026
Oh I hadn’t realized you were so close! I will definitely reach out directly when I have a new date 🙂
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Julie Kliegman @juliekliegman.com · 01/10/2026
This is being postponed due to I caught COVID ☹️ will post when I have a new date
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Julie Kliegman @juliekliegman.com · 01/10/2026
Thank you so much! So glad you enjoyed
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Bony @jovenitti.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
It's spooky season! Here are my September reads. I absolutely loved As The Snow Gathers. It was such a good horror book to get in the Halloween mood. Also, everyone should read @juliekliegman.com's book!
@jovenitti's September 2026 Wrap-Up from Storygraph. 

9 Books Read, 2,326 pages with an average rating of 3.92.

Highest rated reads: As the Snow Gathers by Mere Joyce (5 stars), Finding Renée Richards by Julie Kliegman (5 stars) and The Boyfriend Subscription by Steven Salvatore (4.75).

All but one book was fiction, and all were LGBTQIA, a mix of Romance, Horror, and Fantasy. @Jovenitti's September 2026 Reads graphic from Storygraph

- The Boyfriend Subscription by Steven Salvatore (4.75 stars)
- How to Have a Killer Time in DC by Sam Lumley (2.5 stars)
- The House of Now and Then by Edward Underhill (4.5)
- The Burn Line by Jonathan Sims (3.25)
- Blasphemy! by T.J. Klune (3.5)
- Blasphemy! 2! by T.J. Klune (3.0)
- Finding Renée Richards by Julie Kliegman (5.0)
- Old Wounds by Logan-Ashley Kisner (3.75)
- As the Snow Gathers by Mere Joyce (5.0)
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Julie Kliegman @juliekliegman.com · 30/09/2026
Please allow me to suggest FINDING RENÉE RICHARDS
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Finding Renee Richards Audiobook on Libro.fm
The candid, definitive biography of professional tennis’s first openly transgender player, Renée Richards, featuring untold stories nearly lost to history, until now.Fifty years ago, tennis player Ren...
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Diana Moskovitz @dianamoskovitz.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Wrote up a quick explainer about the latest rollback of Title IX by the Trump administration and what that means, both for protections for trans students and students who report sexual harassment or sexual assault. Gift link:
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The Trump Administration Rolls Back Title IX Protections, Again | Defector
The U.S. Department of Education this week formally withdrew updates made during the Joe Biden presidency to the federal law banning discrimination in education based on sex. Specifically, the Educati...
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Julie Kliegman @juliekliegman.com · 30/09/2026
Congrats to you both!
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Julie Kliegman @juliekliegman.com · 30/09/2026
developing a whole bit around this cheap calculator watch I just bought well really the bit is I just can’t stop asking people if they need me to calculate anything for them
A burgundy Casio watch with a calculator keypad on a white person’s wrist. The start of a forearm blueberry sprig tattoo is visible.
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Julie Kliegman @juliekliegman.com · 29/09/2026
not just saying that because she hits on a MAJOR sports nomenclature pet peeve of mine in the first paragraph lol
This fall, Ryann Allison is finally a senior at Stephen F. Austin State University, a midsize public university in Nacogdoches, a town in rural East Texas, where the men’s and women’s Division I sports teams are known as the Lumberjacks and the Ladyjacks, respectively. The mascots are a nod to the school’s proximity to the state’s timber and forestry industries as well as to good old-fashioned gender roles. A driven and organized young woman who grew up in Texas, Allison usually looks forward to returning to campus and her intense schedule. But not this year. For the first time since she arrived on campus, she isn’t playing on the school’s beach volleyball team. In a way, she feels she’s lost an important part of her identity.
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Julie Kliegman @juliekliegman.com · 29/09/2026
Great reporting from @maggiemertens.bsky.social
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She Was a College Beach Volleyball Star. Then She Was Abruptly Kicked Off the Team. The Real Threat to Women’s Sports May Be to Blame.
Republicans have made women’s sports a signature issue. What’s really happening shows how cynical that is.
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Julie Kliegman @juliekliegman.com · 28/09/2026
Sandy is wise, and nonfic writers should take his class!
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Julie Kliegman @juliekliegman.com · 28/09/2026
Really enjoyed this sweet Gabe Mollica show about friendship, and he is doing it again at QED in Astoria on Saturday
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Solo: A Show About Friendship, the Final Tour by Gabe Mollica
"Solo" is the hit Off-Broadway comedy show about Friendship. After being featured on This American Life and touring the country, Gabe Mollica is finally ready to film his special. This is the final to...
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 26/09/2026
Do you use apps like DraftKings or FanDuel to place sports bets? If you've used them or work in the gambling industry, we’d like to hear from you.
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Help ProPublica Report on Sports Betting by Sending Us Your App Data
If you’ve bet on sports with FanDuel or DraftKings, you can help ProPublica understand how these apps respond to their users’ betting behavior. Use our browser extension to download your betting histo...
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 26/09/2026
NEW: ProPublica’s Jake Pearson lost $10,000 mimicking the betting patterns of a problem gambler on DraftKings to test the company’s “responsible gaming” safeguards. One week in, he was invited to become a VIP — and faced little pushback as he spiraled.
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I Deliberately Bet Like a Problem Gambler. DraftKings Made Me a VIP.
Amid growing public health concerns, operators like DraftKings have touted “responsible gaming” tools and prompts. But as I went off the deep end, I found they were no match for the incentives and pro...
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Julie Kliegman @juliekliegman.com · 26/09/2026
Hey thanks for spotting!!!
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MonsieurWaldo @monsieurwaldo.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Found @juliekliegman.com here @peoplesbooktakoma.com!
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Julie Kliegman @juliekliegman.com · 21/09/2026
anxiously awaiting Pitch’s landing sp—*checks earpiece* oh no
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Julie Kliegman @juliekliegman.com · 21/09/2026
already a lot to be mad about with the TV list, but Dexter at 88 feels extremely correct lol
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Julie Kliegman @juliekliegman.com · 21/09/2026
I was so jazzed to join the excellent podcast @tippingpitchespod.com to talk FINDING RENÉE RICHARDS (there IS a small baseball tie-in, even!)
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Sell High...While You Still Can (feat. Julie Kliegman)
Podcast Episode · Tipping Pitches · September 21 · 1h 20m
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Julie Kliegman @juliekliegman.com · 20/09/2026
well worth your time today
nytimes.com
In Fighting for Every Black Child, Did I Betray My Own? (Gift Article)
A decade ago, I made a decision about my daughter’s education that I hoped would challenge New York City’s separate and unequal school system. Now 16, she thinks I made the wrong choice.
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Julie Kliegman @juliekliegman.com · 20/09/2026
lololololololol it does have that effect on people
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Julie Kliegman @juliekliegman.com · 20/09/2026
Thank you so much for listening!
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Julie Kliegman @juliekliegman.com · 20/09/2026
FINDING RENÉE RICHARDS
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Finding Renée Richards by Julie Kliegman | Astoria Bookshop
"Not to be missed." —Stephanie Howes, Booklist (starred review)A Town & Country Must-Read Book of Summer 2026The candid, definitive biography of professional tennis’s first openly transgender player, ...
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Julie Kliegman @juliekliegman.com · 20/09/2026
That is a lot of pressure to put on yourself, but I respect it
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Julie Kliegman @juliekliegman.com · 20/09/2026
Chris I am the person very deliberately talking over the shuffle because I am self-conscious about never properly following the hat and want other people to be tripped up too oops
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Julie Kliegman @juliekliegman.com · 19/09/2026
Subscribe to my free newsletter here, it’s mostly book updates 🤓 and cat pics 😺
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Mental Notes
This is a way to keep up to speed on Julie Kliegman’s projects and book updates. They write about mental health in sports, transgender athletes, asexuality, and other fun and not-so-fun things.
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Julie Kliegman @juliekliegman.com · 19/09/2026
New newsletter! Here’s what I’ve been up to in the month since FINDING RENÉE RICHARDS launched
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One month of Finding Renée Richards
Here’s what I’ve been up to.
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Julie Kliegman @juliekliegman.com · 18/09/2026
I’m really excited about this!
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Julie Kliegman @juliekliegman.com · 18/09/2026
it makes my day whenever a reader emails me to say they enjoyed my book — a nice reminder for me to get into that habit myself
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Julie Kliegman @juliekliegman.com · 17/09/2026
extremely preordered
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Julie Kliegman @juliekliegman.com · 17/09/2026
I’m simply far too gay and neurodivergent to Sit Normally, even while presenting oops (photo by @thefrankiedlc.news)
Me sitting on a bar stool in front of a floor to ceiling bookshelf. One leg is dangling somewhat normally and the other is at a strange angle on the leg of the stool. I am talking into a microphone and looking off camera.
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Frankie de la Cretaz @thefrankiedlc.news · 17/09/2026
Very excited to be here at @brooklinebooksmith.bsky.social for an event about FINDING RENÉE RICHARDS with @juliekliegman.com and @louisathomas.bsky.social.
A photo of Louisa Thomas and Julie Kliegman in two directors chairs flanking a table with a copy of FINDING RENEE RICHARDS between them
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Julie Kliegman @juliekliegman.com · 16/09/2026
!!!!!!!!!!
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Julie Kliegman @juliekliegman.com · 16/09/2026
BOSTON: Come hang tonight!
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Julie Kliegman with Louisa Thomas: Finding Renee Richards
Read on for important details for this Brookline Booksmith event.
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Julie Kliegman @juliekliegman.com · 15/09/2026
In fact, a WTT team was all set to sign her before her lawsuit to play in the U.S. Open. The league ended up axing the team owner’s deal with her
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Julie Kliegman @juliekliegman.com · 15/09/2026
Also lol: Renée Richards once played mixed doubles in WTT alongside NBA player John Lucas. If anything highlights the absurdity of tennis’s gender panic, it’s the very existence of mixed doubles
An article from the May 1978 World Team Tennis magazine issue called ”Rookie of the Year?” about Renée Richards.
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Julie Kliegman @juliekliegman.com · 15/09/2026
World Team Tennis keeps coming back just to haunt me, a copy editor, about whether it’s actually styled World TeamTennis
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Julie Kliegman @juliekliegman.com · 14/09/2026
PORTLAND, MAINE: See you tomorrow night 🤓
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Julie Kliegman's FINDING RENÉE RICHARDS w/ Gia Drew
Mechanics' Hall & Lucky Fox welcome author Julie Kliegman to discuss the groundbreaking story of Tennis's Trans Pioneer with Gia Drew.
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Julie Kliegman @juliekliegman.com · 13/09/2026
yes
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Finding Renée Richards by Julie Kliegman | Astoria Bookshop
"Not to be missed." —Stephanie Howes, Booklist (starred review)A Town & Country Must-Read Book of Summer 2026The candid, definitive biography of professional tennis’s first openly transgender player, ...
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Katelyn Burns @katelynburns.com · 13/09/2026
I think the people who keep pointing out that Obama opposed gay marriage aren't really making a direct correlation with what is happening with trans rights today. The debate is over TAKING AWAY existing rights. So it would be more like Obama supporting recriminalizing gay sex.
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Julie Kliegman @juliekliegman.com · 13/09/2026
*barfs* Do you want to do me a HUGE favor? If you’ve read FINDING RENÉE RICHARDS, could you please rate/review it on the Bad Site? You don’t need to have purchased the book from there to do so. Storygraph and Goodreads ratings/reviews are also v welcome!
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Amazon.com: Finding Renée Richards: The Groundbreaking Story of Tennis’s Trans Pioneer: 9780063439580: Kliegman, Julie: Books
Amazon.com: Finding Renée Richards: The Groundbreaking Story of Tennis’s Trans Pioneer: 9780063439580: Kliegman, Julie: Books
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Ben Rothenberg @benrothenberg.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
As a culture of silence pervades and persists in tennis, I’m thinking of Nina today. www.benrothenberg.com/p/alexander-...
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Echoes of a Voice
An interview with the woman who broke the silence around Alexander Zverev at the Australian Open.
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