It’s known. Social networks have instant multiplier power over the news. Although one post is enough for a real tsunami to occur. And if that post is answered by a myth that has stood out in sport as it is Billie Jean King, the result is usually, at least, unexpected. The American, symbol of the rights of tennis players on and off the court and a fixed reference, even at 78 years old, of the LGBTQ + collectivepraised Podoroska, who made his courtship public after a year Guillermina Naya. “Congratulations to Women’s Tennis Association (WTA) player Nadia Podoroska for her announcement,” King wrote on her Twitter profile. And she remarked: “Living authentically requires a lot of courage, but it’s always worth it”.
Podoroska’s confession It will have an impact on a world of sport that is usually not quite friendly and open about homosexuality yet, and tennis is a space where reticence still exists. For this reason the courage of Rosario must be celebrated.
World tennis has numerous exponents who have revealed their sexual orientation other than heterosexuality. The known cases are those of King herself, of course, but there are also, among others, powerful names like those of Martina Navratilova, Amélie Mauresmo or Russian Daria Kasatkina, the last one who had spoken publicly about his sexuality. Podoroska has joined them and several other athletes to run a veil that in certain sectors of a modest Argentina still arouses amazement that should not arouse.
Source: Clarin
