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Oh my god, this is freaking ridiculous.

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Headline: Trans women are now banned from
chess.

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Which, you know, before I I get into this
headline,

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I this seems a little bit sexist, right?

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I mean, why is there a division between men
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women in chess?

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What advantage does a man have over another
woman?

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For you to say there's an advantage for men
would

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imply that you think that men are smarter than
women.

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That somehow a man is more intelligent and has
an

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higher IQ than woman.

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Therefore, it would be a disadvantage for
someone to be

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transgendered.

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Is that what's going on here?

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But, anyways, back to the official statement.

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Quote: change of gender is a change that has a

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significant impact on players' status in
chess.

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Though part of me kind of wonders if there's
an

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anti-trans bias here, because this doesn't
really pass the smell

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test when they say they need a two years to

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figure out whether or not a trans person is
allowed

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to play chess because somehow gender has such
a major

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factor in intelligence when it comes to chess.