The world chess federation FIDE recently made the incredibly transphobic and mysogynist ruling to exclude trans women from competing in women's tournaments, to strip trans men of pre-transition titles and to subject trans people to a two-year long surveilance process that could lead to forced outings. The German and French chess federation have now decided to ignore this ruling. Source in German (mostly with the info from the image): https://www.queer.de/detail.php?article_id=46744

  • zifnab25 [he/him, any]
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    1 year ago

    Women get separate titles to encourage more participation

    That's the current line. But its a bit like saying we have women's restrooms to encourage more participation. Technically true, but it ignores the long and gross history of misogyny that forced the issue.