This has mostly been reported as "trans women banned from women's chess" but it's much more sinister. (as if it weren't already.)
ALL trans people are targeted by this ruling. Trans men will be stripped of all chess titles won, which can only be returned to them by “changing the gender back to a woman” (from the ICF’s ruling). ALL transgender chess players will be marked as trans in their files.
If you play or know anyone who does take a stand on this. It's ugly.
I think there are some obvious reasons why thats true.
My brother was pretty good at chess and won some trophies on the school team so I tried to join. (he told me when he joined he didn't even know how to play.)
This ended up being one of the most explicit experiences with sexism in my life! The first time I showed up they pretended I was in the wrong place. "This isn't the chess club it's the Anime club."
I told the advisor who now resented me for making him come to the meetings. 1/
@futurebird I remember the chess club at my middle school was run by one of the school parents who was a pretty accomplished chess player himself.
But, his only kid was a daughter.
Everyone in the actual chess club was a boy, and our chess teacher's daughter would just like... hang out, and not play chess, and help her dad with stuff like bringing us snacks.
I remember being 11 or 12 years old and being shocked at how obviously sexist it was, but I didn't know what to do about it, either.
@sidereal @futurebird Why was she even there then? Was she just not interested in chess but had to hang out with her dad anyway? Or did no one think that chess was her prerogative?
(edit) this question was mostly answered but i didn't see the answer when i typed it 😅 sorry
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