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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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[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Exactly. I recently watched Lance Armstrong go off on a silly survival TV show about how trans folk should not be allowed in men/women's sports and try to defend it with a truly pointless argument of "unless there's overwhelming proof" bullshit.

He almost got voted off the show for that rant alone. If it weren't on Fox, he would have.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

The last person I want to hear from about fairness in sports is Lance Armstrong. Bloody hell, lol

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

No shit. Especially on a silly celeb survival show hosted by Will Shatner.