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International Chess Federation (FIDE) to ban and punish transgender players (www.erininthemorning.com)
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With these new rules, FIDE has managed to

  1. Imply the mental inferiority of women
  2. Validate the existence of transgender men
  3. Destroy the integrity of awards record-keeping
  4. Call transgender women men

Very nice, FIDE, incredible mental gymnastics performance! 👏 Add them to the ever lengthening sports federation shitlist.

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[–] CaptainAniki@lemmy.flight-crew.org -4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

https://www.bbc.com/sport/cycling/50097423

move those goal posts

https://www.outsports.com/2022/3/24/22994867/emily-bridges-cyclist-transgender-commonwealth-games

Feel free to provide any actual counter evidence aside from your own personal prejudices and pointless judgements anytime you like.

[–] barsoap@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago

In the elite men’s crit at the Loughborough Cycling Festival last May, she finished 43rd out of 45. Her final men’s race was the Welsh National Championship in September. Bridges finished second to last.

Previously, she set national records in the junior male category.

Nice of you to provide your own counter-evidence. There we have it, a top athlete in the men's category, slumping to "does she even qualify?" in the men's ratings, but ranking top in the woman's category -- because she was and still is a stellar athlete.