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World chess federation bars transgender women from competing in women's events (apnews.com)

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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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[-] youpie@lemmy.emphisia.nl 13 points 1 year ago

it was never about fairness.

[-] Ekybio@lemmy.world 13 points 1 year ago

I recently heard the argument that no men would mentally survive loosing to a women in chess, especially grandmasters.

ngl I wonder if this contains more then a kernel of truth

[-] kilgore_trout@feddit.it 15 points 1 year ago

That's not the issue.

There are events for women, and there are events for everyone.

Women are underrepresented in chess, hence they have their own exclusive events.

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[-] shapis@lemmy.ml 13 points 1 year ago

Being a minority in any social setting brings difficulties that others just don't otherwise face.

Having a women's category for chess is a way of creating a safe environment for everyone to thrive.

[-] Cethin@lemmy.zip 14 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Minorities like trans people? A place where everyone can thrive?

It's fucking chess. I understand men may have more typical interest, but there shouldn't be divisions based on sex or gender. Maybe divisions for some neurodivergent people, but I'd bet on many of the great chess players being neurodivergent in some way.

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[-] FARTYSHARTBLAST@kbin.social 12 points 1 year ago

TIL: Chess had separate things for genders.

Weird...

[-] snooggums@kbin.social 12 points 1 year ago

The sexist assholes were driving away women, so the separate league was to allow women to compete without (or with less) hostility.

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[-] nandeEbisu@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago

Reading between the lines, I can kind of see this one. The point appears to be to correct for societal inequities in the space of chess. If you learned chess and came up as a masculine presenting individual, they believe that the environment was more advantageous to you, so transitioning later in life doesn't change that advantage.

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[-] 21Cabbage@lemmynsfw.com 8 points 1 year ago

That's the kind of decision that makes me wish there was a capital question mark so I could just send that as a response.

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