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Billie Jean King Joins the President’s Council on Fitness, Sports and Nutrition

06/23/2010- by Natasia Langfelder

Tennis legend and out lesbian Billie Jean King is going to the White House! Michelle Obama is launching the President’s Council on Fitness, Sports and Nutrition. The council goes hand-in-hand with the Lets Move! initiative. The First Lady is committed to assuaging the childhood obesity epidemic and this council is a great step. The council was previously  known as the President’s Council on Physical Fitness and Sports. But with the new name comes new responsibilities, such as to including a focus on healthy eating as well as active lifestyles.

King is an appointee for member and they couldn’t have chosen a better representative for the newly expanded responsibilites of the council. Kings athletic profile is impressive, to say the least. She has won 39 Grand Slam singles, doubles and mixed doubles
tennis titles, including a record 20 titles at Wimbledon.

This is not the first time President Obama has shown his esteem for King, he previously awarded her the Presidential Medal of Freedom for her work advocating for the rights of women and the lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgendered community. 

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