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The world’s top chess federation has ruled that transgender women cannot compete in its official events for females until an assessment of gender change is made by its officials.

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Having a role model is hugely important for people picking up something.

Maybe society should start teaching kids to just do what they want instead of waiting for some random person that shares arbitrary X-trait to "inspire and empower" them. Be your own person.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

There's what society says and what society does. Society in many countries already says what you propose, again and again. But it doesn't actually react favourably when people do it, especially women.