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.

  • Skullgrid@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    There is no men only category, there are only open (any gender can participate) and women’s (only women can participate).

    The thing I find funny is how they treat transmen and transwomen differently. Like, if they want to say transwomen aren’t men , and they can’t participate in women’s events, they should also say that transmen aren’t men and can keep their women’s titles.

    • morphballganon@mtgzone.com
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      1 year ago

      Gender is a spectrum, not one or the other. The women’s category excludes people in the middle. If you understand that, there is no inconsistency.