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International Chess Federation (FIDE) to ban and punish transgender players (www.erininthemorning.com)

submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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With these new rules, FIDE has managed to

Imply the mental inferiority of women
Validate the existence of transgender men
Destroy the integrity of awards record-keeping
Call transgender women men

Very nice, FIDE, incredible mental gymnastics performance! 👏 Add them to the ever lengthening sports federation shitlist.

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[–] Dark_Blade 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Because the ‘female only’ events are exclusionary rather than inclusionary. People who want to exclude others will, obviously, want to exclude even more people who match their specific criteria in any way.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It's just odd the way people excuse transphobia with the whole "well if women don't want them there" excuse. You wouldn't justify any othet kins of bigotry in the same manner.

[–] Dark_Blade 5 points 1 year ago

It’s because trans women are, for all intents and purposes, still treated as ‘men in dresses’ by a lot of people; even feminists. And when feminists think you’re not ‘woman enough’ and refuse to stand up for your rights as a woman…