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.

  • CookieOfFortune@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    Mostly to encourage more women to play. There’s like an order of magnitude difference in the gender ratio and if it’s a goal to encourage more women to play, you’ll need to create opportunities for them to succeed. It’s always been a political decision.