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U.S. Supreme Court rules that trans tennis player Renee Richards can compete without taking a chromosome test.

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After the United States Tennis Association begins genetic screening for their female players to determine chromosomal sex, Dr. Renee Richards, an opthamologist and tennis player, challenges the decision and takes it to the Supreme Court, which rules in her favor.