Campaigns
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Trans women permitted to continue using Hampstead Heath pond
“The clue is in the name: female users don’t expect to encounter male people in bikinis or sometimes even naked in the showers... - Fiona McAnena
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Hampstead Heath ponds to remain open for transgender users
“City of London Corporation members voted to unlawfully discriminate against and harass women using the Ladies’ Pond.” - Fiona McAnena
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Vote on men in the Ladies’ Pond | Maya Forstater on GB News
Maya Forstater joins GB News to discuss the news that City of London councillors have voted to continue to allow trans-identifying males to...
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Hampstead Heath ponds to remain trans-inclusive after public back existing rules
“The whole policy is an unlawful mess and it’s a disgrace that London councillors think that they can ride roughshod over the law.” - Fiona McAnena
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Hampstead Heath Kenwood Ladies’ Pond to stay trans inclusive
Bridget Galton for Ham & High covered the news that City of London councillors have voted in favour of a policy that would...
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Hampstead Heath bathing ponds will remain ‘trans-inclusive’
Matt Watts for The Standard covered the news that City of London councillors have voted in favour of a policy that would enable...
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Hampstead Heath to keep bathing ponds ‘trans-inclusive’
“Female users don’t expect to encounter male people in bikinis or naked in the showers at the ladies’ pond, but that is what... - Fiona McAnena
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She has been branded a bigot, recorded as having committed a hate crime and many have tried to shut her up – but Helen Joyce says fighting the trans battle is a cause she will never give up on
Helen was interviewed for a feature by Irish Daily Mail journalist Georgina Heffernan, which covered Helen’s personal background and journey to becoming an... - Helen Joyce
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Sex Matters records £1.43m income in first year as charity
“Much of our work this year has been about pressing institutions, employers, regulators, schools, sports bodies and public authorities to follow the law.” - Maya Forstater
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Hampstead Heath ponds to stay trans-inclusive
Ben Lynch broke the news that City of London councillors have voted not to change the policy of allowing trans-identifying men to access...
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Hampstead Heath spends £1m on ‘privacy’ upgrades after letting trans swimmers in women’s pond
“Despite the fact that the Equality Act and the Supreme Court expressly recognise that single-sex services are legitimate and lawful, the City of... - Maya Forstater
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City of London Corporation officers’ report recommends keeping trans-inclusive policy for swimming ponds
The judgment meanwhile led gender-critical campaign group Sex Matters to seek a judicial review challenge against...
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Pond Row Deepens as Chiefs Back Trans Access
“Users will be told ‘They should not challenge other users regarding their sex or gender’ even if this means women and girls being... - Maya Forstater
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London beauty spot set to keep ‘trans-inclusive’ swimming ponds – despite High Court ruling
“The City of London is proposing to continue allowing fully intact males into the women's bathing pond, including changing rooms and showers which... - Maya Forstater
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Keep Hampstead ponds access as is, body recommends
“This proposed policy is simply unlawful. It is operating as if Hampstead Heath is an enclave that is outside of the law.” - Maya Forstater
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Hampstead Heath bathing ponds should remain ‘trans-inclusive’, bosses say
“Dismissing the negative impact on women and girls, the Corporation says that staff should not be concerned about the ‘perceived characteristics of users’... - Maya Forstater
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Keir Starmer accused of treating women’s rights as ‘negotiable’ as Government continues to delay rules on single-sex spaces
“Women whose appearance has been altered through hormones and surgery to look like men, many of whom are young and vulnerable, need to... - Maya Forstater
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Transgender women dart players to be banned from female tournaments, says sport’s regulator, in a blow for six-time champion Noa-Lynn van Leuven
“Darts is a male-dominated world, played in pubs and clubs, and the top darts players are all men. Men's physical advantages in darts... - Fiona McAnena
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Transgender women banned from women’s PDC darts
The Darts Regulation Authority’s report by our chair Dr Emma Hilton finds “multiple, small-magnitude sex differences accumulate to generate male advantage over females... - Emma Hilton
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Transgender players to be banned from women’s darts events
“The Darts Regulation Authority had followed the old, unfair IOC policy, so it’s great to see this rapid return to fairness for women... - Fiona McAnena
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The fallout and key questions from the IOC’s biological female decision
“The IOC policy is called 'Protecting the Female Category', and that is what every sport governing body needs to do now” - Fiona McAnena
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Transgender women athletes banned from female events at Olympics by IOC
“We wholeheartedly welcome the new IOC guidelines that secure a safe and fair female category. SRY screening is a simple, non-invasive, once-in-a-lifetime check... - Emma Hilton
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Olympic women’s sport limited to biological females
“Males never should have been allowed into the women's category, whether they're beginners or elite, young or old." - Fiona McAnena
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International Olympic Committee’s gender policy divides opinion as supporters, critics clash
“We know that three women were cheated of medals in the Rio Olympics... it seems a shame that that cannot be put right... - Fiona McAnena
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Olympics announces transgender ban in all women’s sport
“It’s not kind or inclusive to deny fair, safe sport to women and girls. The female category must be exactly that, male-free, wherever... - Fiona McAnena
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King Charles’ youth charity cancelled boxing course for disadvantaged girls instead of banning biological males after parents raised safety concerns
”It ‘shouldn’t have taken a Supreme Court judgment’ to tell the King’s Trust that it should not allow biological males ‘to punch women... - Helen Joyce
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Legal challenge over Hampstead ponds trans rules to continue
“This case will have implications for single-sex provision all over the country. A ruling in our favour would demonstrate that failing to comply... - Maya Forstater
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Hampstead Ponds judicial review going ahead | BBC London News
Sex Matters has won its appeal to overturn the decision by the High Court in February blocking our legal challenge against the City...
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Legal challenge to trans access at Hampstead Heath ponds can proceed as Court of Appeal steps in
“We are delighted that Lady Justice Laing has granted Sex Matters permission to move forward with our legal challenge against the City of... - Maya Forstater
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Charity allowed to continue legal challenge over trans people being allowed to use Hampstead Heath women-only bathing ponds
“The Government's failure to publish updated regulatory guidance following last year's Supreme Court judgment has given businesses and service providers an excuse to... - Maya Forstater
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Hampstead ponds trans access legal appeal allowed
“This case will have implications for single-sex provision all over the country. A ruling in our favour would demonstrate that failing to comply... - Maya Forstater
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Hampstead Heath Ladies Pond trans swimmers challenge continues
“We are taking on the might of the City of London Corporation because we believe its approach is a clear example of an... - Maya Forstater