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Julie Kliegman

@juliekliegman.com

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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. www.juliekliegman.com

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Julie Kliegman @juliekliegman.com · Jul 15

📖🎾 I am thrilled to share the news that my second book is in the works! FINDING RENÉE is a biography of Renée Richards, a transgender woman who successfully sued for her right to compete in the 1977 U.S. Open. 🎾📖

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Sports journalist and author of MIND GAME Julie Kliegman's FINDING RENEE, the first-ever biography of the tennis legend and transgender pioneer Renee Richards, who successfully sued for her right to compete in the women's draw of the 1977 U.S. Open, based on interviews with Richards herself and those in her orbit and drawing on archival footage and never-before-seen material, to Maya Alpert at Harper One, in a pre-empt, for publication in June 2026, by Iris Blasi at Arc Literary Management (world).

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Patrick Sauer @pjsauer.bsky.social · 4h

Tix link @squawkinsports.bsky.social Live XV!

As seen on @todayshow.com!

11/6 OG Bloggers:
@williamfleitch.bsky.social
@stefanfatsis.bsky.social
@davidjroth.bsky.social

Mark your 1/15/26 calendar for Trans Writers:
@juliekliegman.com
@xbennyboo.bsky.social

www.eventbrite.com/e/squawkin-s...

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Jess Zimmerman @jesszimmerman.com · 21h

Could someone cool please start a press. There are so many great hires rattling around out there right now. I KNOW some of you are out here having secret money

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Olivia Messer @oliviamesser.bsky.social · 1d

A vast majority of Texas outlets’ coverage of queer life in the focuses on our disenfranchisement, but queer people in Texas aren’t always victims of a tragedy. Often we’re the hero, the performer, the jokester, the observer. We want to tell those stories too.

www.journalismjobs.com/job-listing/...

JournalismJobs.com - Job Listing - Queer Texas Culture & Newsletter Writer

JournalismJobs.com has journalism and media job listings with digital media, newspapers, tv stations, radio stations, magazines, nonprofits, and academia.

www.journalismjobs.com

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Alan Siegel @alansiegella.bsky.social · 1d

If you need a Simpsons fix, the great @bookshop.org has free shipping today and tomorrow. bookshop.org/p/books/stup...

Stupid Tv, Be More Funny: How the Golden Era of the Simpsons Changed Television-And America-Forever

How the Golden Era of the Simpsons Changed Television-And America-Forever

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pilot @pilotv.bsky.social · 1d

Free shipping on @bookshop.org today AND No Borders/The Rolling Library just launched our mini book drive to send books to people who are incarcerated at Rikers. these are all titles/authors they requested, and most under $15. you can purchase directly via our wishlist: bookshop.org/wishlists/7a...

we’re hosting a mini book drive to send more books to our neighbors who are incarcerated on rikers! our wishlist is full of specifically requested books—purchase any title and it’ll be sent directly to us to pass along.

tinyurl.com/fallbookdrive

For info about donating gently used books (only the titles & authors on this list) or any other questions, email therollinglibrary@gmail.com

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The Open Notebook @theopennotebook.bsky.social · 1d

Today, #SCOTUS will rule on a conversion therapy ban in CO. If you're a journalist covering the case, make sure to check out this free resource we created in partnership with @transjournalists.org to help you engage in responsible, evidence-based reporting.

Resources for Evidence-Based Reporting on Transgender Communities - The Open Notebook

Many of the issues that affect transgender people—such as gender-affirming medical care, educational policy, sports participation, military service, gender-motivated hate crime, and workplace discrimi...

www.theopennotebook.com

Julie Kliegman @juliekliegman.com · 1d

Heyyyyyyy, free shipping on @bookshop.org today and tomorrow! What a great way to pick up MIND GAME imo

Mind Game: An Inside Look at the Mental Health Playbook of Elite Athletes

An Inside Look at the Mental Health Playbook of Elite Athletes

Julie Kliegman @juliekliegman.com · 5d

otoh, now I have an excuse to buy a new watch

Julie Kliegman @juliekliegman.com · 5d

The dumbest thing that’s sparked gender dysphoria in me is a watch I used to love

Julie Kliegman @juliekliegman.com · 5d

all the cool kids (self) are going

Julie Kliegman @juliekliegman.com · 5d

!!!!

Julie Kliegman @juliekliegman.com · 5d

This story is really, really great — thanks for writing it

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Nicole Chung @nicolechung.bsky.social · 6d

If you want to understand open adoption, it makes sense to start with birth parents—yet studies of them are few. 2+ yrs ago, I began talking w/ birth mothers to try to understand what living in an open adoption is like for them, and what rights or options they might have if challenges were to arise.

When Adoption Promises Are Broken

Many birth mothers hope to maintain contact with their child. But their agreements with adoptive parents can be fragile.

www.theatlantic.com

Julie Kliegman @juliekliegman.com · 6d

news you can use

Autonomy News @autonomynews.co · 6d

In the wake of federal “defunding,” one Planned Parenthood affiliate has halted abortions, another has suspended all Medicaid services, and others are self-pay only. Find out where your local organization stands:

Here’s Which Planned Parenthood Clinics Are Still Seeing Medicaid Patients

In the wake of federal “defunding,” one Planned Parenthood affiliate has halted abortions, another has suspended all Medicaid services, and others are self-pay only. Find out where your local organiza...

www.autonomynews.co

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Anne Trubek @atrubek.bsky.social · 6d

Anthropic settlement explainer:
--look up to see if your work was included (easy)
--file a claim if it was (easy)

--Amount will likely be 1.5K (3K per book, split w/publisher)
--Money comes between now and 2027 (in separate tranches)

secure.anthropiccopyrightsettlement.com

Julie Kliegman @juliekliegman.com · 6d

Guess who has seven remaining nips and NO CANCER, can she get a “good girl” in the chat?

Julie Kliegman @juliekliegman.com · 7d

Sorry but some Kindles cost more than $600? In this economy?

Julie Kliegman @juliekliegman.com · 7d

Leg

A gray and white cat is sitting on the back of a gray couch. She is wearing a blue cone. She has a partially shaved front leg extending all the way down the couch.

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Sydney Bauer @sydney-bauer.com · 8d

The IOC has announced its working group to “protect the female category” in sports aka discuss transgender and gender nonconforming athletes and as expected unfortunately we will not know who will be in the room making these consequential decisions. www.olympics.com/ioc/news/fit...

• The Protection of the Female Category
Working Group will look at how we can best protect the female category. The group will consist of experts and IFs. The names of the members of the working group will remain confidential for now to protect the integrity of the group and their work.

Julie Kliegman @juliekliegman.com · 8d

explain to me like I’m 5 how a new casino would be “a home run for Queens,” fucking barf

Julie Kliegman @juliekliegman.com · 8d

the quotes in this story make me want to stab my eyes out

Steve Cohen’s Citi Field Casino Plan Passes to Final Step

The Queens proposal is now one of four that go to the state for a final license decision.

www.thecity.nyc

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Eric Michael Garcia @ericmgarcia.bsky.social · 8d

Ok. So there's A LOT of misinformation about the government shutdown, the continuing resolution and gender-affirming care. There was one article in PinkNews that was VERY shoddy about what Trump said. So let's breakdown what's true and what's BS. 1/
www.thepinknews.com/2025/09/29/t...

Trump threatens to shut down US government unless all trans health care is banned

The US government's looming shutdown hinges on anti-trans measures after Donald Trump refused to speak to Democrats unless they were passed.

www.thepinknews.com

Julie Kliegman @juliekliegman.com · 8d

As a Medill alum,,,,,,,,,,,,,

(fucking gross)

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ThirtyHelens🔞 @thirtyhelens.bsky.social · 8d

If you're an lgbtq news outlet, your job is not, contrary to what you might think, giving every queer person alive a heart attack every morning

Julie Kliegman @juliekliegman.com · 8d

You know what I haven’t yelled about in a minute? BRING BACK PITCH! Sheesh, it aired almost a decade ago now

Kylie Bunbury sitting in a dugout holding a baseball with the word PITCH across the frame