Transgender bathers have today been given full access to use Hampstead Heath's iconic Ladies' Pond following a controversial consultation. The City of London Corporation has officially adopted a new gender identity policy which means anyone can access the female facilities if they identity as a woman. Others have questioned why the council gave the motion a green light despite disregarding nearly 19,000, or 46 per cent, of responses to its equality survey. The council said the move will ensure a 'robust and consistent approach' to gender identity. A KLPA spokesperson said: 'We welcome the CoLC's gender identity policy which reflects the requirements of the Equalities Act.

Source: Daily Mail May 23, 2019 13:07 UTC