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Aurora M's avatar

Of all the balderdash bans we’ve been subjected to, the chess ban is the worst. The misogynistic assumption that there’s somehow a purely mental/strategy advantage to being born male throws into stark relief how far we have yet to advance gender equality. Whether the feminists advocating for this sort of progress are TERFs or not, the stratification of genders in that way is an affront to the progress we’ve made as women, as society, on these issues for the last ~century.

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Sandra's avatar

Erin - thanks (as always) for the excellent reporting.

The issue here, of course, is not that conservatives really think that trans women are better at pool. The issue is hatred, bigotry, and the desire to eliminate trans people from all aspects of public life. Athletic and competition bans are just a first - and seemingly more palatable to the public - step in that direction. What they really want is much worse, and that’s why it’s so frightening and why these bans need to be strongly resisted.

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