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
Excluded - Intentionally not included in something.
Transgender - Someone whose gender identity (what they feel inside) does not match the gender identity they were assigned at birth (based on their biology).
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.
Testosterone - The hormone that causes people to develop male sexual characteristics. Women also produce some testosterone.
Hormone therapy - Treatment involving the use of hormones – chemical substances that act like messenger molecules in the body – to change levels in the body.
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.