Baur is known as the “Turtle Lady.” She has been swimming with turtles in Cape Cod kettle ponds for the last 20 years. She used to gauge her laps by the beer cans she saw on the pond floor.

Baur isn’t trying to be ageist by keeping out younger people — both men of any age and women under 64 can join, but only for riding kayaks that bring back the garbage. As Baur sees it, swimmers need ...

And what about the rest? Gender politics have unfortunately recently erupted at Kenwood Ladies Pond, the only women-only wild ...

The rights of transgender women to use a women-only pond in north London have been acknowledged in a new policy. Swimmers on Hampstead Heath will be able to use ponds "aligning with their gender ...

which prevents the women from swimming there. The decision concerning the pond on Hampstead Heath was announced this week. Edward Lord, who headed the committee that approved the change ...