Row erupts after Hampstead Heath women's pool allows transgender bathers

A row has erupted after a famous women’s-only pool announced that men transitioning into women will be allowed to bathe there.

The famous Ladies Pond on London’s Hampstead Heath will now be open to both women and men who identify as female.

However, the decision has sparked outrage among some who use the facility who claimed that the ruling could encourage men who are not transitioning to take advantage of the decision.

One swimmer, Margaret Roberts told the Mail Online of an incident where she asked a male who claimed to identify as a woman but “looked and dressed like a male” to leave but he refused.




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