Second Serve (1986)

Fact-based story about tennis pro Renee Richards, whose player status was challenged in 1976 when it was revealed that she was a trans woman. Flashback to 1964 before she was out as trans, a successful New York doctor with a great lifestyle, a flashy girl friend, and a secret life. Her psychiatrist mother refuses to deal with her and sends her to a colleague who diagnoses with a psychotic gender confusion, which he says can be unlearned. After a failed marriage and parenthood, she comes out as trans, with a new life in California.

Released Jan. 1, 1986 120 min None+

Genres: Biography, Drama, Sport, TV Movie

Keywords: tmdb.biography, mdblist.imdb-tv-movie, imdb.gender-reassignment-surgery, imdb.transgender-woman, imdb.tennis-player, imdb.1964, imdb.1976 + 8 more, imdb.tennis-sport, imdb.tennis, imdb.transgender, imdb.based-on-book, awards.emmy-award-winner, awards.emmy-award-nominated, awards.golden-globe-nominated, aspectratio.1-33-1