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She’s an international master of chess. She’s also a trans woman.
Yosha Iglesias’s achievement is a first for transgender women in chess.
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The ban on trans women in chess is not just transphobia. It’s misogyny.
Clearly, it isn’t transness itself turning trans women into superpowered chess studs. It’s the fact that trans women were assigned male at birth.
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International chess official suggests women can’t compete with men due to “hormones” & “endurance”
Critics of the policy say that trans players have been competing for years without any issue.
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International chess organization bans trans women from competing as women
Do they think trans women have an innate advantage… in chess?