"IT HAS BEEN MORE THAN FOUR MONTHS SINCE A NEW YORK STATE SUPREME COURT JUDGE RULED THAT MEDICAL EVIDENCE INDICATED OVERWHELMINGLY THAT TRANSSEXUAL RENEE RICHARDS IS 'NOW FEMALE,' AND THEREFORE CANNOT BE DENIED ACCESS TO WOMEN'S TOURNAMENTS IN THE UNITED STATES. BUT INSTEAD OF FINDING ACCEPTANCE ON THE WOMEN'S TOUR, RICHARDS HAS FACED AN APPARENTLY GROWING WAVE OF OPPOSITION FROM HER COLLEAGUES - SOME OF IT FRIENDLY, SOME IMPERSONAL, SOME VICIOUSLY HOSTILE."; WASHINGTON POST - JANUARY 1, 1978