"A court ruling in August 2024 found that Australian businesswoman and founder of Sall Grover and her app had unlawfully discriminated against trans woman Roxanne Tickle when her membership was withdrawn. The court found that Tickle had been unlawfully indirectly discriminated against after she was barred from using the app in 2021 "because she did not look sufficiently female"."
"Giggle's barrister Bridie Nolan argued that Tickle was a man - despite the fact that her birth certificate lists her as female - and so it was lawful to exclude her from the app under the Sex Discrimination Act. Tickle's lawyer, Georgina Costello, stated that she was a woman, having undergone gender-affirming surgery and hormone treatment, and identifying as a woman with her friends and family and at work."
"During the appeal on 15 May, Justice Melissa Perry upheld the previous ruling and told the court that both Giggle and Grover had excluded Tickle from the app on the basis of her gender-related appearance. She told the court: "This amounted to"
Giggle for Girls, marketed as a female-only space for socializing and practical services, faced legal action after excluding trans women using artificial intelligence. In August 2024, a court found the app’s founder, Sall Grover, unlawfully discriminated against trans woman Roxanne Tickle when her membership was withdrawn in 2021. The court determined the exclusion was indirectly discriminatory because Tickle was barred for not looking sufficiently female. Grover argued Tickle was a man and that exclusion was lawful under the Sex Discrimination Act, despite Tickle’s female birth certificate. Tickle’s lawyer stated she was a woman, with gender-affirming surgery and hormone treatment, and she identified as a woman. The Federal Court upheld the ruling on appeal and confirmed exclusion based on gender-related appearance. Tickle received 10,000 AUD in damages and limited costs.
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