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International Chess Federation (FIDE) to ban and punish transgender players
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this post was submitted on 17 Aug 2023
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You're being downvoted by noodle-arm nerds who haven't competed in any kind of sport since they got their last participation trophy in 2nd grade and think downvotes on an irrelevant platform like Lemmy is the same as social justice.
I know. As soon as you question the "agenda" at all you get attacked by the usual suspects. Whatever. It’s clear that when people get mad an insult you that you’ve struck a nerve. They can’t handle it.
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