Should sex matter in sport? The transgender athlete Emily Bridges is not allowed to compete against other women. Now she is planning to fight the decision.
‘I was banned from cycling because I’m trans’
Powering on: Transgender cyclist Emily Bridges, one of British Vogue’s “25 powerhouse women”. Glossary
Career - A person's progress through different jobs over their lifetime.
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.
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.
Advantage - Something (such as a good position or condition) that helps to make someone or something better or more likely to succeed than others.
Testosterone - The hormone that causes people to develop male sexual characteristics. Women also produce some testosterone.
Gender identity - How a person feels about their gender — whether they feel like a man, a woman or somewhere in between.