"The consultation by the City of London Corporation (CLC) is now presenting six options for gender inclusivity in the historic institution, one of which would ban trans people from using their preferred ponds. It comes amid a battle between groups who swim in the natural pools, with a protest in 2018 in the men's pond by women wearing fake moustaches and beards to draw attention to the organisation's refusal to ban trans women from the ladies' pond."
"Women who choose to swim at the ladies' pond rather than the mixed pond are choosing a female-only environment for a variety of personal reasons, including privacy and dignity. Allowing men with the protected characteristic of gender reassignment to enter means that it is no longer a female-only environment."
"Trans people called the campaigners cruel and judgemental and said they had been using the space for decades with no issues. On social media, they also argued that it was not always easy to tell what gender someone had been assigned at birth and that the measures could result in a transgender man,"
City of London Corporation launched a consultation on access to Hampstead Heath gender-segregated ponds, presenting six options including a ban on transgender people using ponds matching their gender identity. Kenwood Ladies' and Highgate Men's ponds currently allow trans people to choose either gender-specific pond or to use the mixed pond. The consultation follows protests and legal pressure after a 2018 protest and a supreme court ruling that trans women are not legally defined as women. The campaign group Sex Matters appears to have threatened legal action. Trans swimmers report long-term use without incidents and oppose exclusionary measures.
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