The international chess federation known as FIDE has published new rules that state that a person whose “gender was changed from a male to a female the player has no right to participate in official FIDE events for women until further FIDE’s decision is made”.
The new rules introduce the following changes:
- Trans women cannot participate in the women’s category unless they are explicitly allowed in a case-by-case process that can take up to two years.
- Trans men will be stripped of their titles achieved before their transition while trans women will retain their titles achieved before their transition.
- In case a trans person is allowed to participate, their trans condition will be added to their files and communicated to events organizers.
It’s because only trans people can en passant. Too strong.
No but seriously this is blatant transphobia. There’s no reason for this ruling. Stripping titles is just salt in the wound, wtf.
It’s almost certainly transphobia, but it can also be considered misogyny because he’s implying that AMAB people have an inherent advantage over women.
Yeah, they often go hand in hand. Shits wild.
Little known rule: transpeople can convert any piece that makes it to the other end of the board into a queen. Or a second king.
Holy hell