Protest to “reclaim” a women’s swimming pond on Hampstead Heath plaaned for July.

[IwantToRetire]

Campaigners are planning a protest to “reclaim” a women’s swimming pond on Hampstead Heath amid a row over access for transgender women.

Transgender women, including men identifying as women, have been allowed to use the Kenwood Ladies Pond since 2010.

A member of the Kenwood Ladies Pond Association (KLPA) proposed changing the group’s constitution ahead of its AGM in March “so that only those born female in sex can use the pond”.

That bid was defeated when some three quarters of around 200 people who voted at the AGM chose to continue allowing trans women to swim at the pond.

Now a protest against the decision, described as a live performance, is planned to take place on July 28.

See article for more details and tips on gardening https://www.thisislocallondon.co.uk/news/24288196.hampstead-heath-kenwood-ladies-pond-trans-access-protest/

I am pretty sure that will get deleted, OP - MN don’t allow links to fundraisers

Why would you post that.

Did you read the article.

What a daft idea that given the entire content of the article you draw attention to the fact that there is reference to one.

Let alone the fact that it has been directly linked to in another post.

Do you actually have any interest in the purpose of the event which is the point of the article.

But if the thread disappears now we will all know who to thank.

Don’t be an arse.

In the post directly above mine you have put a link to a patreon. Mumsnet will pull that post because they always do.

I’m alerting you to that so you can post in the time-honoured work arounds like “working on the allotment” and other sideways mentions of digging deep to support the various causes to avoid deletions.

You can be a snarky git to someone actually on your side (I posted earlier on the thread in support of the Man Friday women) but it seems pretty counterproductive.

I was just pointing out that your smug post about what I had said overlooked the more overt one to an actual funding site.

So your over reaction just confirms that you aren't that interested in "time honoured" work arounds because if you were you would have mentioned that.

And I think you realise you have been caught out by your need to resort to insults rather than recognise that.

Fine, be an arse about it to people who agree with you. That’s a class move

@IwantToRetire I don’t think @CountingCrones was being any of the negative things you’ve accused her of - it came across to me that she just wanted to warn/inform you that a deletion may happen and was in no way a criticism.

Let’s stay focused on what keeps us connected 💜🤍💚

I am pretty sure that will get deleted, OP - MN don’t allow links to fundraisers

You're right but Patreon might not get picked up by this, I guess.

Well the link has survived for over 5 hours so I guess that MN doesn't have a problem.

I've sent a message to the email address in the gardening page

Looks like it's going well.

twitter.com/Wild_Womyn/status/1817557205282869521?t=w2qpWzLT-lWEqmdOs70etA&s=19

Today we provided women with 2 hours of women only space at Hampstead heath
We shouldn't have had to do this
But we did BC @KLPA1985
And @cityoflondon refusal to use the exemption in the #equalityact
#womenholdingtheline
#nomenbeyondthispoint

https://twitter.com/firewomon/status/1817517426004619494?t=w2qpWzLT-lWEqmdOs70etA&s=19

The police have arrived for the safety of the women taking part in today’s action at Hampstead Heath Ladies’ Pond.

#NoMenBeyondThispoint #WomenHoldingTheLine

https://twitter.com/Wild_Womyn/status/1816810738356236386?t=Q730n5xCyvBM76MDN2uOVw&s=19

The @KLPA1985 has issued a warning to it's male users!

men do not belong in women's spaces. we are calling out this Misogyny
#reclaimwomenspaces
#swim #hampsteadheathponds #holdtheline #singlesexspaces #womensrights #equalityact #ehrc #nomenbeyondthispoint #womenholdingtheline

Well done to all the women holding the line. Thank you ladies you are stars!

Well done

Here's to the women with the courage and determination to hold on to a corner of space for other women against male colonialism.

Well done you brilliant women!

Thank you for holding the line!

There's also confusion amongst the general public about what a transwoman is. I asked DH what he understood by that term and he thought it was a woman who has transitioned to be a man!