Wed Apr 13, 2022 – 10:18 pm EDT
(LifeSiteNews) – Transgender cyclist Zach “Emily” Bridges is now barred from British Cycling competitions after the suspension of its “Transgender and Non-binary Participation Policy.”
The British Cycling Board of Directors voted April 6 to suspend their policy’s permission to transgender cyclists to compete under certain conditions, citing concerns of unfairness to women in the sport. The group indicated it will conduct a “full review” of the policy to be “initiated in the coming weeks.”
The announcement closely follows a statement by UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson that biological men should not be competing against women in sports, as well as the signing of a letter to the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) by more than 650 sports figures, including one of British Cycling’s most senior officials, urging the international group to revoke the eligibility of “trans women” to compete in female sports unless UCI could provide “robust scientific evidence that the rule guarantees fairness for female athletes.”
Bridges was slated to compete in the National Omnium Championships on April 2 but was forced to withdraw after governing body UCI informed British Cycling that he was ineligible to compete under
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