Overview

• The City of London Corporation defends its 2019 self-identification policy, arguing that the Ladies’ Pond does not qualify as a single-sex facility under the Equality Act
• The April Supreme Court judgment that legal sex is determined by biology forms the basis of Sex Matters’s argument against trans women’s access to the women-only pond
• Some cis women swimmers report feeling exposed in changing areas after encountering trans-identifying men, highlighting privacy and comfort concerns
• Kenwood Ladies’ Pond Association officials say trans women have swum at the site for years without incident and praise lifeguards for maintaining a safe environment
• Maya Forstater, chief executive of Sex Matters, says the August High Court proceedings will test what she describes as 'creative interpretations of equality law'