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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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[-] aluminiumsandworm@kbin.social 50 points 1 year ago

this makes sense because cis women have such small bones they can't reach past the centre board, giving most trans women and tall cis women an inherent advantage. /s

what the fuck chess this is just blatant transphobia

[-] starlinguk@kbin.social 2 points 1 year ago

It's transphobia and misogyny. Because it implies that men are smarter than women.

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