I'm a trans woman and I just registered for the ECF (English Chess Federation) as a female player. We are women, and so we play in women's categories. It's simple.
I don't have a problem calling you a woman. I don't have a problem accepting you as a woman. But when the level of play meets some threshold point (say 2400) there needs to be a different way to evaluate chess strength other than using gender. We have already introduced women like Hou Yifan into the Tata Steel tournament and Goryachkina with only men. Polgar sisters did this back in the 80s.
So, it is possible to disregard race, religion, and gender to accomplish something. We don't need to join a different category group. Is there a reason why we leave an open section to go to a women's section in that case? I am not talking about a 2000 rated player choosing to join a tournament with only women. I am talking about a 2450 transgender woman switching to women's and then getting a GM title.
Is there a restriction in place? Say the 2450 transgender gets a WGM title. Do they have to play men to earn a GM title? Then, the next thing is, can they play in a tournament with ONLY women who have a GM title (not WGM)?
Then it comes back to the question asked by others, well, if a female GM and a male GM are one in the same as it relates to GM status why not just have an OPEN section for everyone and the transgender WGM would then compete in a tournament with GM players regardless of their gender.
What is the reason to attain a GM title (not WGM) ONLY in a women's section? Why is this necessary?
... Western European countries are trying to eradicate the catholic church yet they welcome radical Islam
This is not true.
Progress in the "first world" is only in one direction: greater respect for individuals and their right to be who they want to be.
When my son was in grade school the teachers had to respect the students wishes and their "right to be who they want to be". He thought it was ridiculous so he made an example out of the teachers nonsense. He identified as an Apache attack helicopter. He said he was fast, he could fight, and he always wanted to fly. So he demanded they recognize how he identifies.
And of course, being the lemmings they are, the teacher did exactly that. The teacher had to respect his wishes. All the kids laughed at the teacher so hard and she was so embarrassed she probably suffered some emotional issue. But for the kids the solution was simple. Don't do something stupid and you won't be laughed at.
I'll take 'things that didn't happen' for 500, please
You can bet everything you have if you like. You may not be aware of what's going on in schools these days. And I didn't even mention what the boys did when they found out women's hygiene products were placed in the boys bathroom. If you've ever been around teenage boys, you don't have to wonder too much.
Consider that a daily double.
As a trans woman, I am unfortunately aware of the transphobia and homophobia in schools, and how uneducated cis people can be
I think you may have been misled. Nobody is scared of either persuasion. It's just that when you get a large group of teenage boys, you intentionally subject them to things like women's hygiene products in boys bathrooms, you have to expect a certain predictable result.
No different than when, during class, a student "identifies" as a cat. Or anything else that they clearly are not. Including Apache attack helicopters. There is going to be a very predictable amount of backlash, ridicule, and disruption. Bringing this unwarranted disruption to the attention of the staff, and making an example out of it, is perfectly within the rights of the students.
no one is identifying as a cat or a helicopter
I have no idea. I'm talking about what they identified as a few years ago in our local school system. In Oregon. Right now? I don't know. Maybe they've stopped doing that. But my guess is not much has changed, as evidenced by Oregon law concerning such things.