Mick Hartley

Back to the Hampstead Ponds.

Me, in January:

What is strange is the result of the City of London consultation, which they claim showed 86% of the 38,000 respondents backing trans-inclusive access to the ponds. Well, it’s Hampstead, so it’s possible, but…really? You’d be hard put to find a clearer case for women-only when you consider that there are three ponds – men’s, mixed, and women’s. Trans women can use the mixed. Why not? The fact that some insist on using the women’s suggest that they’re making a point: that they get a thrill from alarming the women, and are therefore perhaps more likely to be predatory. There have been reports of male genitals happily on display. Some are saying that the polls were advertised and swamped by activists….