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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Millie Cooke

Protect inclusive spaces from gender-critical legal battles, Starmer told after Hampstead ladies pond row

Sir Keir Starmer has been urged to protect inclusive spaces from gender-critical lawfare after a campaign group attempted to bring legal action to exclude trans women from Kenwood Ladies’ Pond in Hampstead Heath.

A coalition of more than 140 LGBT+ and feminist organisations has warned that “trans people in Britain are facing an existential threat, while businesses, employers and service providers are being dragged through the courts for defending their inclusive practices”.

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