The world’s top chess federation has ruled that transgender women can’t compete in its official events for females until an assessment of gender change is made by its.
The world’s top chess federation has ruled that transgender women can’t compete in its official events for females until an assessment of gender change is made by its officials. The decision by the Switzerland-based International Chess Federation (FIDE) was published on Monday and has drawn criticism from advocacy groups and supporters of transgender rights, per the AP. FIDE said it and its member federations increasingly have received recognition requests from players who identify as transgender, and that the participation of transgender women would depend on an analysis of individual cases that could take up to two years.
