World chess federation bars transgender women from competing in women's events

MicroWave@lemmy.world to World News@lemmy.world – 522 points –
World chess federation bars transgender women from competing in women's events
apnews.com

The world’s top chess federation has ruled that transgender women cannot compete in its official events for females until an assessment of gender change is made by its officials.

265

You are viewing a single comment

Of all the sports where someone's biological sex would matter, chess is not one of them.

You have never been suplexed by someone you beat