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Navratilova's Fight Against Communism

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Following her defection to the US in 1975, Martina Navratilova has been a proud supporter of American democracy, and has publicly railed against the political corruption and oppression of communism. She played an important role in the fight against communism by providing to America, and to the world, a very public example of the stark contrast between the west and the east. In 1981, when she was outed as gay by a reporter for the New York Daily News, she decided to publicly confront the issue and openly acknowledge to the world that she was gay (bisexual). She bravely took up the cause to fight for gay rights, at a period of time when most Americans disapproved (or were, at the very least, hesitant) to support the cause. In 1992 she joined
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