Martina Navratilova - I really couldn't come o...

I really couldn't come out until after I got my citizenship, because it was a disclaim - back then, it could have been a disqualifier. I could have been denied my U.S. citizenship because I was gay. So I didn't - I stayed quiet.

Martina Navratilova

American Athlete

Born: Oct 18, 1956

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