The Kenwood Ladies’ Pond on Hampstead Heath has long held a reputation among Londoners for being a safe haven for women, including those who are transgender. Since 1925, women have been swimming, ...

Women protesting for a female only policy at the Kenwood Ladies’ Pond in Hampstead Heath Hampstead Heath Ladies’ Pond has refused to ban transgender women despite a Supreme Court ruling. The ...

Four years ago, when I lived on the Gospel Oak side of Hampstead Heath, I used to swim in the Ladies' Pond once a week. I saw plenty of things during my time at the ponds: boobs, genitals, famous ...

The first thing I fell in love with was the bodies. Hairy ones. Small, curved, and contoured ones. Long, flat, and slightly out-of-proportion ones. Smooth, oily, suncream-covered ones. Wobbly, lovely ...

A charity has gone to the High Court requesting a judicial review of the City of London Corporation’s admittance policy for Hampstead Heath’s men and women’s ponds. Sex Matters has filed its claim in ...

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Women protesters who dressed as men to access the men's swimming pond on Hampstead Heath say they did so to draw attention to "discrimination". The protesters "self-identified" as men on 'Bank Holiday ...