The ban on #trans women in #chess is hitting me particularly hard.
I'm a chess enthusiast (in keeping with my careful curated rep as an expert strategist).
It's just this wtf moment that pulls the wind right out of my sails.
I know really well that lots of folks don't like us. But ... how are we ever gonna overcome a level of pure unhinged bigotry that says we can't be trusted play chess?
Obviously ALL women should be insulted by this move.
@thekitmalone and why chess isn’t gender neutral after all? That should solve all problems.
@lpacheco @thekitmalone because at top level chess is very skewed towards male players, under 40 of the more than 1,600 international chess grandmasters are women. The root cause of this performance gap is not know and is highly debated. There’s evidence there’s an intimidation component, when playing against an opponent blind studies have shown women play close to men and worse when they know the opponent is male. In any case, this is why chess is gendered, to make sure there are female champs.
