Hampstead Ladies pond is trans-inclusive – so I’ll see you there

Trans people can continue to use the ponds in line with their lived gender (Picture: Sharon Kilgannon)

As a trans person, reading the news today felt like a rare win.

In the UK, a High Court judge has dismissed the legal challenge that gender-critical charity Sex Matters brought forward against the City of London Corporation, over its trans-inclusive rules at Hampstead Heath Ponds. 

In December 2025, Sex Matters claimed that the policy of allowing trans women to use the Hampstead Ladies Pond was sex discrimination ...