Researchers discovered many see their careers derailed - or even ended - just as they reach the peak of their working life due to absences caused by debilitating menopausal symptoms.
Camden Council installed the four-way blue, pink and white crossing at the junction of Tavistock Place and Marchmont Street in November to help celebrate transgender awareness.
Advance HE, which runs the scheme, is recommending that data be collected exclusively on gender-identity, not sex. Feminist academics said the Athena scheme had lost its way.