Should sex matter in sport? The transgender athlete Emily Bridges is planning legal action against the sporting body that barred her from competing alongside other women.
‘I was banned from cycling because I’m trans’
Powering on: Transgender cyclist Emily Bridges, one of British Vogue’s “25 powerhouse women”. Glossary
Solace - Comfort in times of sadness or worry.
Array - An impressive display or wide variety of a particular type of thing.
Omnium - A multiple race event in track cycling.
Transgender - Someone whose gender identity (what they feel inside) does not match the gender identity they were assigned at birth (based on their biology).
Embroiled - Involved in a difficult or complicated situation.
Cisgender - A person whose gender identity matches their sex assigned at birth. The term was first used in academic articles in the 1990s.
Insurmountable - Too great to be beaten.
Stringent - Very strict.
Testosterone - The hormone that causes people to develop male sexual characteristics. Women also produce some testosterone.
Prolonged - Continuing for a long time.
Hormone - Chemicals carried in the bloodstream that alter the way your body's systems act.
Physique - The form or build of a person's body.
Consensus - General agreement. It was originally a Latin word.
Puberty - The time in a person's life when they go through physical and hormonal changes, changing from being a child to being an adult.
Suppression - Keeping or holding something back.
Variation - A change in amount or level.
MP - Member of Parliament. There are 650 MPs representing people in different areas of the UK.
Intersex - People born with both female and male reproductive anatomy.
Caster Semenya - A South African runner with an intersex condition, although she prefers to describe herself as "a different kind of woman".