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?

Yeah, my response to that would be ‘don’t let the door hit you on the ass on your way out’.

I hope of sporting bodies, indeed, other countries follow suit. And quickly.

of = other

FFS, must proofread better

Those looking to move on to professional level might not bother.

Those males just looking for validation will continue to participate in "women's" events at grassroots level.

I'm looking at it now - it says all BC sanctioned competitive events, not just elite, so presumably it would cover lower (amateur) levels too as long as it's under BC rules (which pretty much all competitive cycling other than time trials is).

Oh so they can tell the difference then. Who knew?

She doesn't want to cycle against men, because she cannot win against men. Her statement does not address the core reason for the decision, that transwomen have a biological advantage. Saying 'it's not true' and accusing the organization and everyone on the planet who agrees with the decision of being sexist, transphobic, homophobic (and more words like this) doesn't garner support for her situation.

Swim England's policies apply to all ages; I recently had a re-circulate the revised rules and regs for a competition for 9-12 year olds that is planned for September. There are rather a lot of terfy mothers in swim clubs here

Totally. It doesn't make any sense. It doesn't address the core issue that she has a biological advantage. Just accuses everyone of hate.

Let’s hear it for TERFY mums! It’s understandable that they may want to check that everyone is on the same page about the policies, even if it is administratively annoying.

So sad.

This is such a relief to hear. Thank goodness fairness and logic have finally prevailed.

Crikey, that really is quite something

The mother IMO has a lot to answer for here.

Good parenting means always being in your child's corner, no matter what, unconditionally. But as in boxing, being a good 'cornerman' is emphatically not about indulging your charges's every whim, to always encourage them to hold the line no matter how bad their decisions might be. It's about, as far as you can, trying to gently steer them to act in their own long-term interests . Much of this seems to have been overlooked by this Sandy.

Boo hoo.

Emily doesn’t give a single solitary shit about the rights or feelings of women, it’s all ‘me, me, me’.

Emily, love, nothing’s gone wrong for you here. You can compete in the correct category for your sex and body composition, just like everyone else. It’s not something to get upset about, unless you’re frustrated you don’t get to cheat. If you’re upset about it, seek psychotherapy to improve your resilience and gain a healthier perspective on the world and your place in it.

Sky News reporting this fairly neutrally although the reporter did claim the science “isn’t settled”. Isn’t it?

Completely agree. Indulging your offspring’s every whim, no matter how misguided or destructive, is NOT good parenting.

Thank fuck for that...

...but also...

...about fucking time.

Correct decision.

Now they can try and get over their own mediocrity and fragile egos in the new open category instead of robbing women of their hard work and success. Wonderful!

Awww, poor Emily. Emily says that this has banned Emily from competing in cycling. It has not. Emily will have to race with the men in the open category, as Emily was not born female.

SO pleased they have used the term "born female" rather than "assigned female at birth".

British Triathlon and Swim England have also announced they will have the same 'female' and 'open' categories.
Hopefully the scales are starting to fall from the eyes of some

Hahaha

An Open category solves it all. Thank fuck sense is being seen. Now if only Ed Davies wasn’t being a dick about dicks…

That's a corker of a statement, isn't it? Violence, fascism, genocide, literal Nazis, hate crimes, eradication...it's all there, and via a canter round the government's refugee policy, the evils of petrochemical companies and ultra-capitalists to boot.

My favourite bit is the last line: "I hope the media have fun cherry-picking quotes from this and making me look hysterical".

Emily has managed to look hysterical and utterly unhinged all by Emily's self.

They'll never go anywhere. They might wang on about TERF Island, how we're sleepwalking into a fascist state and the government want to kill us all but they never leave. Someone I used to know would spout this shite all the time - if it's so bad, why are you still here?

Emily is also talking about 'genocide' on his Instagram post. I find that deeply insulting in view of the actual genocides that have taken place. I mean, not being able to compete against women is hardly a death sentence is it?