On your bike, Vogue — we can see what you think of women’s sport

Apr 15, 2024

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Narrated by James Marriott

Have you heard about the latest injustice in women’s sport? No, I don’t mean the disparity in pay or prize monies in comparison to men’s professional teams, or the relative lack of access to high-quality facilities. There’s something even worse going on. Women are being banned from competition — banned, I tell you — simply because of the way their bodies look. Specifically — and I don’t know how to break this to you — some sporting authorities are trying to exclude all the women with penises. I know. I can’t believe it either.

Such is the tear-jerking tale presented to us by the cyclist and trans woman — that is, biologically male — Emily Bridges in this month’s edition of Vogue, objecting to British