This is a wonderful movie and was one of the first films about the subject that I saw. As far as I'm aware this film was only released on VHS back in the 1980's and has since disappeared. Vanessa Redgrave's performance is perfect. The film really does show the struggle and frustration of gender dysphoria.
Here is the synopsis from IMDB for Second Serve
Fact-based story about tennis pro Renee Richards, whose player status was challenged in 1976 when it was revealed that she was a transsexual. Flashback to 1964 and meet Richard Radley, a successful New York doctor with a great lifestyle, a flashy girl friend, and a secret life. Seems like the good doctor likes to dress up in women's clothes and visit Manhattan. His psychiatrist mother refuses to deal with him and sends him to a colleague who diagnoses with a psychotic gender confusion, which he says can be unlearned. After a failed marriage and fatherhood, he gives in to the transsexual operation and becomes Renee for good with a new life in California.
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