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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Robyn Vinter

Hampstead Heath swimming ponds considering limiting transgender users’ access

Swimmer in trunks diving into open water
A swimmer diving into the mixed bathing pond on Hampstead Heath. Photograph: Yui Mok/PA

A consultation has been launched on transgender swimmers’ access to Hampstead Heath ponds, which could result in them being banned from using the pools for the gender they identify as.

The Kenwood Ladies’ and Highgate Men’s ponds are gender-segregated, with trans people currently able to swim in whichever they feel most appropriate, or use the heath’s mixed-gender pond instead.

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