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Julie Kliegman
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Writer, editor. MIND GAME (2024), about how athletes navigate mental health. FINDING RENÉE RICHARDS (2026), a biography. Nonbinary ace. They/them.

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Julie Kliegman @juliekliegman.com · 3d
The FINDING RENÉE RICHARDS cover and preorder links are here!!!!! 😍

A couple of suggested vendors:

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@bookshop.org: bookshop.org/p/books/find...
The book cover for Finding Renée Richards: The Groundbreaking Story of Tennis’s Trans Pioneer, by Julie Kliegman. The cover features those words on top of an old black and white photo of Renée Richards.
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*buckling up*
The transgender athlete cases: an explainer
Who are the challengers in the cases? There are two challengers – both transgender women – in two separate cases, Little v. Hecox and West Virginia v. B.P.J., which will be […]
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January 9, 2026 at 3:38 PM
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Recession Indicator 👇
tylerkepner.bsky.social Tyler Kepner @tylerkepner.bsky.social · 1d
Chase Utley's Hall case is gaining momentum among public ballots. Here's what it signifies as voting evolves.

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How Chase Utley’s surging support reflects an evolution in Hall of Fame voting
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January 9, 2026 at 2:56 PM
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The FINDING RENÉE RICHARDS cover and preorder links are here!!!!! 😍

A couple of suggested vendors:

@astoriabookshop.bsky.social: www.astoriabookshop.com/item/1sM1NJw...

@bookshop.org: bookshop.org/p/books/find...
The book cover for Finding Renée Richards: The Groundbreaking Story of Tennis’s Trans Pioneer, by Julie Kliegman. The cover features those words on top of an old black and white photo of Renée Richards.
January 6, 2026 at 4:03 PM
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The FINDING RENÉE RICHARDS cover and preorder links are here!!!!! 😍

A couple of suggested vendors:

@astoriabookshop.bsky.social: www.astoriabookshop.com/item/1sM1NJw...

@bookshop.org: bookshop.org/p/books/find...
The book cover for Finding Renée Richards: The Groundbreaking Story of Tennis’s Trans Pioneer, by Julie Kliegman. The cover features those words on top of an old black and white photo of Renée Richards.
January 6, 2026 at 4:03 PM
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If you want to understand how America got to a point where it fears vaccines and measles more than it fears autism, I published a whole book that showed that trying to cure autism only hurts #ActuallyAutistic people. Buy it here.
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We're Not Broken
“This book is a message from autistic people to their parents, friends, teachers, coworkers and doctors showing what life is like on the spectrum. It’s also...
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January 6, 2026 at 12:28 AM
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A few basketball-card drawings in honor of Unrivaled Season 2 opening day…
Colored-pencil card drawing of Chelsea Gray (Rose BC) Breanna Stewart (Mist) Paige Bueckers (Breeze)
January 5, 2026 at 6:50 PM
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DO IT
January 5, 2026 at 5:11 PM
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Hey! Come hang on Jan. 15! Should be a good time with @pjsauer.bsky.social @davidjroth.bsky.social @xbennyboo.bsky.social @dirtbagqueer.rocks

Tickets here: www.eventbrite.com/e/squawkin-s...
Jan 15, 7:00 pm Squawkin Sports series: Trans Books & Writers Edition with series hosts Patrick Sauer and David J. Roth, in conversation with Julie Kliegman, Benedict Nguyen, and Victoria Zeller. Live at DSK 710 Fulton Street, tickets start at $11 (drink included)
January 5, 2026 at 5:11 PM
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hey, I'm a reporter looking to talk with other LGBTQ+ folks about their relationship to smoking (cigarettes). are you trying to quit? did you pick it back up again recently? do all your friends smoke? let's talk! DM me or Signal me @orionr.80
January 5, 2026 at 4:56 PM
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does anyone want to hire me to be a freelance editor for their newsletter. i am serious
January 3, 2026 at 9:51 PM
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the reason they don’t bother to manufacture the consent beforehand is that everyone just sort of does it for them post-facto now
January 3, 2026 at 5:02 PM
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another lit Friday night on my couch contemplating the Monty Hall problem
January 2, 2026 at 11:36 PM
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being ace rules
asexualityarchive.com Ace Archive @asexualityarchive.com · 8d
2026 is a good year to find someone worth coming out as asexual to.
January 1, 2026 at 7:28 PM
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Quick thread of zines I published in 2025! 📓
December 31, 2025 at 4:52 PM
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Every year, I try to write a few stories. Here they are:
December 31, 2025 at 7:08 PM
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this is very true and i read A LOT of amazing books this year but i do hope that in 2026 we get more books by black trans writers
emilystjams.bsky.social Emily St. James @emilystjams.bsky.social · 10d
2025 was by far the strongest year ever for novels by trans writers from major publishers -- and that's before you get down to smaller presses and self-published stuff, which were also cooking. God, I hope it sustains in 2026 and beyond. A lot of these books sold well! The audience is there!
December 31, 2025 at 2:29 PM
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Here’s my 2025 in review
2025 in review
Also: Come hear me speak in January.
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December 31, 2025 at 4:49 PM
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*whispers* if you wanna order my forthcoming book from B&N they’ve got a member discount through tomorrow, code is PREORDER25
Finding Renée Richards: The Groundbreaking Story of Tennis's Trans Pioneer|Hardcover
The candid, definitive biography of professional tennis’s first openly transgender player, Renée Richards, featuring never-before-seen archival photos and untold stories nearly lost to history, until ...
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December 31, 2025 at 4:19 PM
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OK but that Grids & Guides notebook with the fun shapes and charts will fix me, right?
natania.bsky.social Natania Barron @natania.bsky.social · 9d
Darlings, I say this with all the love in the world—but that new bullet journal you’re about to buy that you know is never going to get used/will just get put into the journal graveyard, isn’t going to fix you. ❤️
December 31, 2025 at 3:58 PM
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COURT QUEENS is out March 17, women's hoops in pictures and words, 1890s to 2020s. It was a blast to pull together such a love letter of a coffee table book—pre-orders open everywhere you buy your books 🧡 (But 25% off for Barnes and Noble members right now! www.barnesandnoble.com/w/court-quee...)
an orange hardcover book titled COURT QUEENS coming March 17, 2026
December 30, 2025 at 10:07 PM
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GOT TIX YET? BOOK NOW TO FOREVER HOLD YOUR 2025 @squawkinsports.bsky.social PEACE

Starring:
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And me!

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December 30, 2025 at 9:33 PM
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Does letting people harass me out of using the women’s locker room count?
Email from the YMCA of Greater New York reading: Dear Y Family, Thank you for being an important part of the Y Community. Take a peek at some of what we accomplished TOGETHER in 2025.
December 29, 2025 at 7:46 PM
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I regret to inform you that I have opened a brand-new Scrivener file 👀
December 29, 2025 at 6:02 PM
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Overheard on the train:

Random dude: You like sandwiches?
Tourist lady: Yeah, kinda.

Kinda?????
December 29, 2025 at 5:14 PM
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FINDING RENÉE RICHARDS (August 2026)
ket.bsky.social Corinne Green @ket.bsky.social · 12d
Sabalenka on:
✔ playing trans women: "I don't agree with this kind of stuff in sport"
✔ playing man: will "help bring women's tennis to a higher level"

The man:
✔ misogynist who admitted to assaulting an ex-girlfriend

The higher level:
✔ her side of the court made 9% smaller
✔ no second serves
BBC Sport Menu Tennis Scores & Schedule Calendar Sabalenka v Kyrgios: The key questions in 'Battle of the Sexes' Nick Kyrgios and Aryna Sabalenka talk to each other in a recent BBC interview Image caption, Nick Kyrgios and Aryna Sabalenka were interviewed earlier this month by BBC Sport about the event By Jonathan Jurejko BBC Sport tennis news reporter Published 28 December 2025, 06:07 GMT diagram of the weird court they're playing on where the woman's side is shrunk by 9% Each player will only receive one serve in an attempt to restrict Kyrgios' power and speed advantage. He thinks that is the biggest leveller. "You're taking my strength completely out of it," he told BBC Sport. "Obviously she has a great serve herself, but from the back of the court things are a bit more even. "The men's game is heavily reliant and dominated by first serve percentage and holding serve quite easy. "So if you take that away the game becomes a bit more of a grind from the baseline and I think that slightly goes in her favour." Some see the match as harmless entertainment that will attract a newer, younger audience in the age of social media. Others believe it is a misguided venture and, if Sabalenka loses, will create an opportunity for women's tennis to be belittled. Sabalenka disagrees. "I am not putting myself at any risk. We're there to have fun and bring great tennis. Whoever wins, wins," she said. "It's so obvious that the man is biologically stronger than the woman, but it's not about that. "This event is only going to help bring women's tennis to a higher level." Critics have questioned Kyrgios' suitability as the male protagonist, given he admitted assaulting an ex-girlfriend in 2021 and has made a series of comments which have been considered misogynistic. Kyrgios says he has not given "one thought" about the event potentially fuelling criticism of women's sport, and insists he is not concerned about losing. "I'm never worried. I know how I've responded with things in my life," the former world number 13 said. "This is all a bonus. I've lost tennis matches before, so it's not really a big deal."
December 28, 2025 at 8:32 PM