The International Chess Federation’s new guidelines on trans competitors are filled with stumbling and contradictory terms.
competition announced this week that transgender women would effectively be banned from playing in women’s events until further notice., the International Chess Federation said that players who transition “from a male to a female” have “no right” to play in official events “until further FIDE’s [sic] decision is made.” Any future decision will be based on what the organization vaguely called “further analysis” in a process that could take up to two years.of London.
“This raises many questions,” Valens wrote. “Why are trans women being banned from women’s chess? What’s the point? Are trans women innately better at chess? Are we too smart to play with cis women? I for one don’t think I am smarter than most cis women, nor do I think my pre-transition years gave me some sort of innate advantage at chess, so this shouldn’t be the case. Yet FIDE is treating trans women as some sort of threat to the integrity of cisgender women playing chess.
Another states that FIDE maintains the right to inform event organizers if a player was “a transgender,” allowing for the possibility that transgender players could be outed without their consent. However, it goes on to say, if a player pushes for their gender to be changed in the organization’s database, they must provide “relevant proof of the change” to an official known as a national rating officer. The handbook provides a laundry list of examples of said “proof,” including birth certificates, passports, and legal documents.
In June, the International Rugby League prohibited trans athletes from competing in sanctioned women’s matches, arguing that there was “a requirement and responsibility to further consult and complete additional research” before the ban could be lifted.
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