"Nearly of 90 per cent of people have backed keeping access to Hampstead Heath bathing ponds trans-inclusive, a consultation has found. More than 38,000 people took part in the two-month consultation run by the City of London Corporation (CoLC) that was launched following the outcome of the controversial Supreme Court ruling on the legal definition of sex, which decided for the purposes of the 2010 Equality Act "sex" refer to "biological sex" only and specifically exclude trans people."
"The results, published on Thursday (29 January), show that the vast majority of those who took part in the consultation believe the ponds should remain trans-inclusive spaces. When asked if the ponds should be single-sex spaces on the basis of biology, 86 per cent of respondents disagreed, whilst the same number agreed the ponds should remain trans inclusive spaces as currently operated."
More than 38,000 people participated in a two-month consultation run by the City of London Corporation after a Supreme Court ruling defined "sex" for the 2010 Equality Act as biological sex. Kenwood Ladies', Highgate Men's, and Hampstead Mixed ponds, opened in 1926, have been trans-inclusive swimming sites. The gender-critical group Sex Matters threatened legal action if trans swimmers were barred from the gendered ponds following interim EHRC single-sex guidance. The consultation showed the vast majority favor maintaining trans-inclusive access: 86 percent disagreed that ponds should be single-sex on biological grounds, and the same proportion supported current trans-inclusive operations.
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