International chess federation FIDE: a trans woman "has no right to participate in official FIDE events for women"locked
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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.
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Except for the bit where it doesn't (assuming you are on feminising HRT)...