If you're wondering why chess has women's competitions at all, here's a great writeup from a trans woman. https://charlotteclymer.substack.com/p/banning-trans-women-from-chess-tournaments
Edit to add an erratum: npub18t4wj2z3k0jmycc60mtqezgpmaklzwsar7wz3mpcf7hc8mxjyavsv4ldwq (npub18t4…ldwq) points out that a trans woman (Annemarie Meier) has in fact won multiple German women's championship events which were FIDE rated.
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