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Vogue Sparks Controversy As It Features Transgender Cyclist Emily Bridges Ignoring Better Recordholder Female Athletes Questioning The Gender Bias

Vogue Sparks Controversy As It Features Transgender Cyclist Emily Bridges Ignoring Better Recordholder Female Athletes
Vogue Sparks Controversy As It Features Transgender Cyclist Emily Bridges Questioning The Gender Bias (Picture Credit: Instagram)

Vogue magazine is at the centre of controversy after the only sportswoman in its list of the world’s top 25 “powerhouse” women was transgender cyclist Emily Bridges.

The 21-year-old athlete has campaigned against a British Cycling ban on trans competitors taking part in the female category of the sport, and as a result has been featured in the league table included in the publication’s September issue.

Other women in the rankings include pop singer Raye, 25, BBC breakfast host Naga Munchetty, 48, and 55-year-old Kylie Minogue and Queen Camilla, 76.

Among the critics of the lack of other sportswomen in the fashion Bible’s list were campaigner and former Olympian runner Maya Yamauchi – the 50-year-old British long-distance track and road running athlete who currently holds the third fastest time by a British woman over the marathon, behind former world-record holder, Paula Radcliffe.

She said on social media: “Right now there are numerous fabulous female athletes in Budapest competing at the World Athletics Champs.

“In other sports too, thousands of fabulous female athletes British Vogue could have chosen.”

Fiona McAnena, director of Fair Play for Women, told the Daily Telegraph: “Emily Bridges is not yet a successful international cyclist so it’s hard to see why Bridges is there.

“Katarina Johnson-Thompson became the World Champion in the heptathlon– she is a world champion in a really tough event. She should be in there, not Bridges.”

British Cycling’s ruling that bans transgender women from racing in the female category was made in May and has caused uproar among trans activists but a wave of support among gender critical activists.

At the time of the decision, Emily branded the move as “genocide” against trans athletes.

The ‘Vogue 25’ List:

  1. Raye – Singer
  2. Patricia Scotland – Commonwealth secretary-general
  3. Kylie Minogue – Singer
  4. Raine Allen-Miller – Director
  5. Naga Munchetty – TV host
  6. Louise Casey – House of Lords member
  7. Sandra Igwe – Maternal health advocate
  8. Carol Vorderman – Former ‘Countdown’ host
  9. Victoria Jenkins – Fashion designer
  10. Jodie Comer – Actress
  11. Sarah Burton – Fashion designer
  12. Eva Langret – Director, Frieze London
  13. Kruti Patel Goyal – Depop CEO
  14. Alice Oseman – Author
  15. Cora Corre – Model
  16. Queen Camilla
  17. Alva Claire – Model
  18. Heather Hallett – Chair, UK Covid-19 Inquiry
  19. Tori Tsui – Activist and writer
  20. Marcia Kilgore – Beauty Pie founder
  21. Penny Mordaunt – MP
  22. Emily Bridges – Cyclist
  23. Indhu Rubasingham – Theatre director
  24. Lila Moss – Model
  25. Emefa Cole – Jewellery designer

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