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of Sall Grover and her app had unlawfully discriminated against trans woman Roxanne Tickle when her membership was withdrawn.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".
The federal court has upheld a landmark decision that found a women-only social media app and its founder unlawfully discriminated against Roxanne Tickle after the transgender woman was denied access to the platform. In their judgment on Friday, 15 May, justices Melissa Perry, Wendy Abraham and Geoffrey Kennett affirmed an August 2024 finding that Tickle was discriminated against on the basis of her gender identity, and also sided with Tickle's cross-appeal, claiming she experienced two instances of direct discrimination by the Giggle for Girls app and its founder Sall Grover.
Allegheny County Council President Patrick Catena (D) - who is running for a seat in the Pennsylvania House of Representatives - sent out mailers last week criticizing his opponent for being supported by an "extreme left group" that supports allowing trans people to participate in sports.
The annual festival centres on the Koothandavar Temple and the story of Aravan, a figure from the Mahabharata, one of India's most revered epic poems. According to the story, Aravan agrees to be sacrificed before a decisive battle, but asks for one final wish: to be married before he dies. When no woman is willing to wed a man fated to die the next day, the god Krishna assumes the female form of Mohini to fulfil his desire.
"It was done out of conscience and conviction, but was not something a few months ago we thought we would ever have to do - or even want to do," said Frances Riley, who had been on the committee of one of the shuttered Women's Institute chapters.
The child's parent, Rose Inessa-Ethington, is accused of taking the child to Cuba without the permission of the biological mother, leading to a contentious custody fight.
T described her deportation experience as traumatizing, stating, 'I was so scared.' Upon her return, she faced harassment from Salvadoran authorities who demanded she strip naked for tattoo checks, fearing gang affiliation.
The Eighth Circuit said the group's claims were not likely to succeed. Writing for the panel, Judge Raymond Gruender said Title IX does not provide a private right of action for the kind of disparate-impact claims FAU brought here.
