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International Chess Federation (FIDE) to ban and punish transgender players
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I just don't think there's a blanket answer, that doesn't involve invasive poking and prodding. There's always going to be somebody unhappy.
Any pro-trans decision, like just opening it up and having ability ranked categories is in danger of sidelining women's sports. But... they are anyway...
England have just reached the women's World Cup final in Australia. I look out the window right now, and I don't see a single England flag. For the men's tournament last year there was so many flags about you'd think we'd just crowned a new king on St George's Day. People were playing "Three Lions" for the 13th major tournament in a row. And we did fucking rubbish in that compared to the ladies.
It's strange the these people "protecting women's sports" are completely absent when it comes to supporting them.
It's really not strange at all when you consider the fairly obvious fact that it was never about protecting women's sports, but instead about finding a way to hurt trans people that plays well in the media.
Seriously, find me a conservative whose railing against trans women in sports that has actually attended a WNBA game, or is watching every game of the women's world cup. I'm sure they exist, but I'd be surprised if even 5% of the people who act like the world will end if trans women are allowed to compete in sports have ever actually expressed interest in womens sports. And hell, I'll bet the number who have actively made fun of womens sports before this became a hot topic is a hell of a lot higher lol