The UK Supreme Court ruled last week on how a woman is defined in the 2010 Equality Law, unanimously deciding that this does not include transgender women who have gender recognition certificates (GRCS).
The ruling means that transgender women with a certificate can exclude themselves from individual sex spaces, such as bathrooms, costumes, single -sex hospital rooms and women’s shelters “if they are proportional.”
One of those spaces is the Kenwood Ladies Pond, which was created in 1925 and is one of the three historical swimming ponds in Hampstead Heath, the other two are a pond of men and a mixed pound.
In 2010, the Corporation of the City of London, which manages the brief, changed its policy to allow transjus to use ponds in accordance with the Equality Law.
After the ruling of the Supreme Court, a COLC spokesman said: “We are carefully consulting the sentence.
“We are still committed to providing a safe and pleasant environment for everyone.”
The protests of the groups oppose Trans women swimming there have also affected the Kenwood Ladies Pond Association (KLPA), which does not execute the Libra or the governor who has access to it, but it is a group led by the walkers that represents its users.
In March of last year, an attempt to change the constitution of KLPA “so that only the female births in sex can the pound” was defeated in a vote for about three quarters of the members.
Pauline Latchem and Beth Ferestten, Co -Presidents of the KLPA directed by volunteers, said in a statement that the subject must be handled sensitively and request that “all interested parties be designed before making any statement.”
They added: “Individuals will have their own views on the ruling of the Supreme Court. The Libra de las ladies is open to all women and girls over eight years old and, according to the lifeguards, Transmen has a swim leg there for many years of incidents.
“The ladies pond has lifeguards and butlers who must guarantee the safety and well -being of all users.”
They added: “As KLPA is not responsible for administering the pound, including the definition of who can access the pound, it is unlikely that the Supreme Court will be relevant to the existence or activities of the KLPA.”
