Trans cyclist will be allowed in Commonwealth Games

Yet again photos of EB on their lonesome rather than next to women

Can almost guarantee EB won’t win. I don’t believe Omniunm is their specialist event plus Eb isn’t stupid enough to think rocking up out of nowhere & beating dame Laura would look good. This is all part of a strategy of softening up the public in time for the commonwealth games or more likely the Olympics

The people in the comments are not happy.

www.thetimes.co.uk/article/05bafba0-aeb6-11ec-8b8c-0207c0fd6104?shareToken=b86011497c5a7ecfda0d5b8f32a29c7e

British Cycling's first transgender policy came out to big fanfare from Pippa York and CEO Julie Harrington in October 2020 www.britishcycling.org.uk/about/article/20201009-British-Cycling-publishes-Transgender-and-Non-Binary-Participation-policy-0

What they didn't say was self-ID was being used for women only Breeze rides since 2017, although lots of Breeze leaders didn't seem to know about it.

It must be a miraculous coincidence that Pippa came out as trans in 2017 and Emily Bridges in October 2020 right?

Was it Bob Howden who decided to remove the women's category and replace it with mixed sex?
www.britishcycling.org.uk/about/article/20180202-about-bc-static-British-Cycling-President-0?c=EN

I don't think that pseudo-woke male commentators and journalists should comment on this without first realising that they would lose nothing from transgender participation in male sports. They are sitting in the stands, eating popcorn, and rooting for those who are male against those who are female. I would like that to be made clearer.

Or we could always use the pseudo-woke rules about privileged people shutting up...

What hurts me about this and all the other sports arguments about trans women in female sports is how clear it becomes, after reading through many articles, that the female sex really IS widely despised and expected to just hoover up all the problems afterwards.

Pullman called protesting women's voices on Twitter 'squeaking'. A male sports journalist's article about female protests for Lia Thomas' inclusion was headlined 'hysteria.'

True - with sports you don’t even need to say a word.

I’ll be going next week with my family - got tickets before I read about this. Still, it may be a learning opportunity for my very woke teen

But Emily is competitive - he won a men's race last month!!

Emily Bridges has admitted they "just want to be competitive again", they have also admitted that they only decided to bring forward their transition when they discovered they were no longer going to be picked for the male team for the Paris Olympics. Conveniently the latter articles have since been scrubbed but the dead links are still available via Google if you search.

You only need two categories.

1. Simply continue to have men's sport and women's sport, with transpeople competing against their own natal sex.

or

1. Have women's sport and open (for anyone) sport.

Is he hiding from the tsunami of shit that heading toward British Cycling or had he left?

Rod Findlay left a few weeks ago apparently. There's a bit of "churn" going on at BC at the moment.

I was just comng to say that I had heard that too. There's a bit of a 'to do' with some ACE programmes, elite juniors getting a little worried!

If emailing BC then I'd bypass the board@email address. Write to the following female board members:
Kathy Gilchrist
Marian Lauder
Tabitha Rendall
Julie Watts

Rod Findlay left a few weeks ago apparently. There's a bit of "churn" going on at BC at the moment.

We need a year of all women refusing to take part in any sporting event where those born male are declaring themselves female. Or refuse to start when the gun goes off/whistle goes.

You can also complain direct to the Board. [email protected]

British cycling trans policy "If there are any issues relating to a Participant’s Gender Identity, or the challenge of it, these should be reported to the British Cycling Legal and Integrity Department. Contact can be made by calling 0161 274 2000 and asking to speak with the British Cycling Compliance and Safeguarding Manager or by emailing [email protected].

Rod Findlay – INTEGRITY AND COMPLIANCE DIRECTOR
He also oversees anti-doping policies

What are the differences between male and female skeletons?
"The biological sex of an adult skeleton can be determined with 95% accuracy by measuring the hip bones alone. . . We are different to males and ignoring that difference ignores the lived experience and needs of females. Equality of opportunity is about treating everyone fairly, not the same."
fairplayforwomen.com/biological-sex-differences/

Bradley Wiggins six foot 3

Yes, I can see how height can really hold back both road and track cyclists. Tragedy really.

Terrible shame for the women who will lose out but it's a long game.

It would be a long game if it was men’s sport being decimated

By the time this is sorted there won’t be woman’s sport, what’s the fecking point

In one of those articles poor Emily described Emily's height as a disadvantage.

Beardy Irish radio DJ Keith Walsh has said that "this is not an issue". So that's us told.

The piece of shit also claimed to be an ally of women after the murder of Ashling.

Ah well let's just hope that poor old Emily Bridges doesn't get her period and resulting period pains on race day. That would be an awful disadvantage of being so genuinely female

Sunlight. I hate that proper athletes have to suffer to give these cheats a place in a competition but it will bring sunlight.
Sharron Davies, Tessa Sanderson, Daley Thompson and, in Ireland, Sonia O'Sullivan have spoken up about it. These athletes are national treasures . There will only be more respected voices talking about this not fewer.

The problem would be that creating trans specific categories would be niche and so not attract sponsorship and funding, therefore would not be attractive propositions to people hoping to make a living from their sport. (This also explains why not very good male sports people are so keen to muscle in on womens sports.)

Emily Bridges seems to be 21. Why on earth would anyone think she would transition much before that? Can we stop assuming the worst about individuals? The problem is these daft rules and the fact that the leadership levels seem determined to stick to them.