Mail Online caption: Amy Desir, 30, wore just trunks and a pink swimming cap
to attend a men-only swimming session at a south London pool
Our thanks to Jim for this. An extract:
In its guidelines for pools, Swim England states: ‘We may need to do some educational work with other centre users who may be concerned when sharing a space with a trans person, especially if the customer… [has] different physical characteristics to the gender they are identifying with ie: a male to female trans customer who has not had top or bottom surgery.’ The campaigners are particularly concerned that Labour is about to confirm it will allow men who self-identify as female to be added to all women shortlists.
We didn’t know “bottom surgery” was required for males transitioning to females…