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The world’s top chess federation has ruled that transgender women cannot compete in its official events for females until an assessment of gender change is made by its officials.

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[–] Wahots@pawb.social 43 points 1 year ago (7 children)

Ugh, why do they feel the need to even write these rules in the first place? I can almost guarantee you there's like, five trans people who are even registered to play chess. Why go to so much effort to block such a fraction of a percent of people anyways?

Whenever I read articles like these, I substitute "trans" for a different minority, such as a racial or ethnic minority, and it really puts it in perspective.

I remember when Utah made a huge deal about it in women's sports. And someone like the Utah governor was against it, saying he'd never seen so much hate around something so little. He told his colleagues that in the entire state, only four trans youth were even playing registered sports, and most were JV, not even going to competitions. It's sad to see people so stoked by hate for something so...mundane. :/

[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 17 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The same people claiming transwomen would ruin women's sports were celebrating when the U.S. women's team lost the World Cup.

[–] danfromwv@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 1 year ago

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