Trans banned from women's chess events

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https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-66538328

Trans banned from women's chess events

Latest ban comes after a string of bans in swimming and other sports to protect women's categories

The International Chess Federation (FIDE) says it is temporarily banning transgender women from competing in its women's events.

The FIDE said individual cases would require "further analysis" and that a decision could take up to two years.

The move has been criticised by some players and enthusiasts.

Many sports governing bodies have been working on policies towards transgender athletes, but chess does not involve comparable levels of physical activity.

However the FIDE told the BBC it wanted to analyse the impact of these policies and did not want to rush this process.

"The transgender legislation is rapidly developing in many countries and many sport bodies are adopting their own policies," it said.

"FIDE will be monitoring these developments and see how we can apply them to the world of chess. Two years is a scope of sight that seemed reasonable for the thorough analyses of such developments."

It added that transgender players could still compete in the open section of its tournaments.

Chess is classified as a sport by the International Olympic Committee (IOC).

Last month, the world's cycling governing body ruled that transgender women would be prevented from competing in female events.

Meanwhile on Wednesday World Aquatics said it would debut a new open category for transgender athletes at this year's Swimming World Cup event in Berlin after it voted last year to stop transgender athletes from competing in women's elite races.

Great news and the latest in a series of victories in the pushback against this insidious ideology. We're winning.

I have actually shifted my position on the whole transgender debate. My former position was anyone over 18 should be allowed to do as they wished, provided society wasn't forced to pretend with them. Now, after reading into the 'conversions' aka surgical operations that doctors are performing - and seeing photographs of the end result - I am absolutely horrified. It's quite clear the hippocratic oath is being swept aside and mentally vulnerable and unstable people are being preyed upon by the medical industry and trans activists who are selling them a fantasy that leaves their body mutilated and broken. It should be made illegal.

Still, one step at a time before we get to that and the first priority is protecting women's spaces and the law itself (hence the defeat of self ID).