TheJenUnless you move your pieces around with your genitals, there is no goddamm good reason for CHESS COMPETITIONS to ban transgender players.
I MEAN COME THE FUCK ON.
Michael Stanclift@JenWojcik @drahardja why is chess gendered to begin with?
@vmstan @drahardja I'm sorry...are y'all really this clueless?
EVERYTHING IS GENDERED SO AS TO EXCLUDE WOMEN FROM THEM.
IT HAS BEEN THIS WAY SINCE THE DAWN OF TIME.
@JenWojcik @drahardja well aside from the obvious š
Steve Laskevitch@JenWojcik @vmstan @drahardja I am so angry. What are the āmaleā players afraiā¦.
Ah, never mind.
Ah, never mind.
Tom Ritchford@JenWojcik @vmstan @drahardja This has been an interesting thread!
Apparently women can and do compete in the "open" category, and there is a separate "women's" category as well.
Vera Menchik was the first woman to appear in international open competitions in the 1920s and 30s, until she was killed by the Fascists at the age of 38.