The international chess federation known as FIDE has published new rules that state that a person whose “gender was changed from a male to a female the player has no right to participate in official FIDE events for women until further FIDE’s decision is made”.

The new rules introduce the following changes:

  • Trans women cannot participate in the women’s category unless they are explicitly allowed in a case-by-case process that can take up to two years.
  • Trans men will be stripped of their titles achieved before their transition while trans women will retain their titles achieved before their transition.
  • In case a trans person is allowed to participate, their trans condition will be added to their files and communicated to events organizers.
  • TheOakTree@beehaw.org
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    1 year ago

    Would the rule to strip trans men’s titles be considered fair and equal treatment in that case?

    Well, if the trans women competing in the women’s competition were stripped of their titles earned in the men’s bracket, then it would be consistent across the board and pretty even. In this situation, trans men would be treated as men and trans women would be treated as women, instead of trans women being treated as neither men nor women.