British cyclist now a woman and to work as a pundit on ITV4. Did incredible things in the Tour de France but this must have been a tough journey - glad that she is given a role in the cycling community.
Yeah saw this on the news this morning was utterly gobsmacked - Great move from ITV4 to get her onboard as having been a winner of the Polka Dot Jersey she'll have a great insight during the Mountain stages
I know a couple of people that have done this and they, too, changed their surnames as well as their forenames. Never quite understood why. I guess it must be a complete break from the past and a fresh start?
I know a couple of people that have done this and they, too, changed their surnames as well as their forenames. Never quite understood why. I guess it must be a complete break from the past and a fresh start?
I guess it is the fresh start in life... Especially for Phillipa as she mentions it in the below link:
Asked how she has dealt in recent years with the fact that the world of cycling had one image of her and she had another, York says: “I can only deal with that by putting the Robert part of my life into one box and the life I live now into another.
The only strange part reading that is the way she almost refers to Robert Miller as being someone else entirely
Brilliant words from David... Sounds like he's known for a while that Robert is no longer Robert.
It's been a pretty well-known 'secret' inside Cycling for a while now. Just taken a long while for her to address the issue publicly - attitudes have changed enough for it not to be an issue now (hopefully!).
On the wider perspective, I'm pleased I live in an age where all these poor souls who've felt trapped since as far back as they can remember are now able to be open about who they really are. It's refreshing and I'm happy for all of them
It's funny that I mentioned Robert Millar a few days ago in the forgotten sports stars thread. Welcome back to the limelight and good luck Phillipa York.
Brilliant words from David... Sounds like he's known for a while that Robert is no longer Robert.
It's been a pretty well-known 'secret' inside Cycling for a while now. Just taken a long while for her to address the issue publicly - attitudes have changed enough for it not to be an issue now (hopefully!).
On the wider perspective, I'm pleased I live in an age where all these poor souls who've felt trapped since as far back as they can remember are now able to be open about who they really are. It's refreshing and I'm happy for all of them
I sometimes feel I'm a kangaroo born in a human body , can I somehow change?
FFS
FFS? You sound personally affronted. But then it's hard to talk about these things without some snowflake getting offended over someone's personal choices
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https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2017/jul/06/philippa-york-gender-transition-cyclist-robert-millar
Asked how she has dealt in recent years with the fact that the world of cycling had one image of her and she had another, York says: “I can only deal with that by putting the Robert part of my life into one box and the life I live now into another.
The only strange part reading that is the way she almost refers to Robert Miller as being someone else entirely
Thought it was a bit sudden.
Oh well, each to their own
https://chpt3.com/blogs/journal/dear-millar
On the wider perspective, I'm pleased I live in an age where all these poor souls who've felt trapped since as far back as they can remember are now able to be open about who they really are. It's refreshing and I'm happy for all of them
FFS
Tin hat on and ducking down into the trench.