Second Serve (1986)

Factbased 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