International Chess Federation, FIDE, has released new guidelines targeting transgender players. The guidelines would strip trans men's titles, and potentially bar trans women from playing.

Article by Erin Reed, reporting on a decision by chess org FIDE which effectively bars transgender individuals from participating in chess tournaments and strips trans men of their titles.

  • i_ben_fine@lemmy.one
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    1 year ago

    It’s a mix of issues popping up at different times. There were women’s sections made to both encourage women to play chess and to keep sexist men happily segregated. Ability never came into it, though.