New British Cycling trans policy

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The new British Cycling policy goes public at 11am tomorrow. Anyone dare to speculate on the outcome? Will it be a win for women?

Emily can compete in a whole new exciting 'open' category, which will be full of the Right Side of History types, IDK why Emily isn't really genuinely happy with this news. They've pretty much created a new category for Emily.

Exactly this. By not changing the rules it would effectively allow a male cyclist who is very good, but not elite, to switch genders and then win. That devalues the sport massively IMO. I mean, if Jason Kenny suddenly started racing against his wife what value does that add?

I thought the BC policy applies to all cycle races? from youth to elite level.... as if you are racing, you are competitive.

My DD did road and track as a youth, junior and a senior in France, she'd have been beyond pissed off if all those hours of training, travel and crashes meant a male could pitch up and take a placing from her.

Aside BC have huge issues at the moment.

I've not RTFT so apologies if this has already been posted, but Scotland is following suit:

https://www.britishcycling.org.uk/scotland/article/20230526-scottish-cycling-news-Update-on-the-Transgender-and-Non-Binary-Partcipation-Policy-in-Scotland-0

BBC quotes Emily Bridges: "violent act", "failed organisation", and "controlling" the conversation on transgender inclusion.

How can one be so out of touch. Where is the violence? If any, it is forcing all females to compete against males. Failed because they did something you don't like? And inclusion? You mean explicitly stating the open category is just that - open, available for everyone including Emily. That is very inclusive.

I was astonished at their toddler tantrum. Just appalling. Hope their sponsors will back away.

It's also really good that people see what is actually meant by 'genocide' claims.

Emily, a born male, not being allowed to compete with women, having a whole other category created for Emily to race in, is 'genocide'.

Pink news still haven’t thought to take down the voting.
Over 1000 are happy in less than half an hour !

Perhaps they're waiting for the US to wake up in the hope the poll goes the way they want.

I see Ma Bridges has now protected her tweets. Presumably this hasn’t gone how she’d hoped.

Sorry, that was for cyclingmum50.

Briefly of MN.

Indeed. Even the transman they interviewed on The World at One wouldn't take the genocide line when confronted with the fact that some people find it offensive, just fell back on "that's Emily's view" or some such.

Posted too soo 🤦‍♀️

TW competing with females doesn't make sense to anyone who actually cares about sportsmanship/fairness.

WRT EB, I understand that it's a disappointment. I know I harp on about it on these threads but there was a brilliant documentary called the Unfair Games which was about reclassifications within the Paralympics. It made it clear how difficult classification changes are for everyone involved. It's not about the trans issue, but it is illuminating and the lessons from it apply. The pressure to exploit loopholes to win medals to keep funding, the athletes losing out , and even the athletes advantaged by classification changes were messed up by it. I'd really recommend it for anyone interested in fairness in sport.

The rules should never have allowed EB to compete with females in the first place. Fixing it now and sticking with it at least gives everyone the clarity they need to make decisions about their sporting careers.

I was already thrilled to bits about this news, but Emily Bridges' response is the icing on the cake. The world can see Emily for what Emily is: an overgrown toddler having a massive temper tantrum.

Emily’s cross because he’s not going to be able to win anything anymore.
Oh well.

I'm just surprised EB didn't mention it ruining Pride month, everything else was thrown in that statement.

I am so so pleased to see this news! There's nothing stopping them competing, just with the rest of their biological sex competitors. Also the rant is brilliant, what a sad little loser.

Emily thinks cycling with men is genocide so I take any claims around hate crimes with a generous pinch of salt.

Over 2000 votes now - link at end https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/05/26/british-cycling-trans-ban-emily-bridges/

Enjoyed voting on Pink News even though I wouldn't usually give them the clicks.

Not sure if the DM version of the story has been posted.

I've noticed recently that DM readers seem very well informed on this topic these days. Over and above the usual "World's gone mad" type comments.
One might even think many of the comments were from Mumsnet.

Was it Keir who said something along the lines of "hardly anyone is interested/talking about this"? He really ought to take a look at the DM to get a feel for what the wider public think.

British Cycling BAN transgender women from female races

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It's archived here: https://archive.ph/BrlAk

Paralympic documentary, the Unfair Games that I mentioned above.
https://www.bbcselect.com/watch/paralympics-the-unfair-games/

It's not about the trans stuff, but you can clearly see the parallels.

I came on here to see if there was a thread about this and just to say that I completely agree with BC and now Emily should put all their effort onto making sure an open category is formed, but I see that this is exactly what British Cycling are doing. So what is the problem Emily?

Emily, you still get to compete at a professional level but fairly against other trans people and people will have more respect for you for doing that.

Not only is it a good day for women's sport, but It's a win win situation for trans cyclists as far as I can see too.

Surely if transwomen don't have an advantage over women then by the same logic men dont have an advantage over transwomen?
I look forwards to seeing all the traswomen dominate the open category that includes males who identify as men. This will prove without any doubt that it's not about low performance men just trying to find a space where they can dominate because they are shit against other men.