"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."
"The app and Grover had challenged justice Robert Bromwich's milestone decision which found they had indirectly discriminated against Tickle when she was barred from the platform because they thought she was a man. On Friday, the full bench of the federal court in Sydney upheld Bromwich's decision and awarded Tickle damages of $20,000, double the amount initially awarded. It also ruled Tickle was successful in her cross-appeal, finding she was discriminated against twice, when Tickle was excluded from accessing the Giggle app on the basis of her gender-related appearance, and secondly when her readmission to the app was refused."
"Tickle, from regional New South Wales, had her access to the app blocked in 2021 after she uploaded a selfie of her face as part of its registration process. The full court has found that Giggle For Girls and Ms Grover both excluded Ms Tickle from the Giggle app and refused to re-admit her on the basis of her gender-related appearance by reference to her selfie, Perry told the court. This amounted to direct discrimination by reference to a characteristic that pertains to people of Ms Tickle's gender identity, being a transgender woman, Perry continued."
A federal court upheld a landmark decision finding that a women-only social media app and its founder unlawfully discriminated against Roxanne Tickle after she was denied access. The court affirmed an August 2024 finding that discrimination occurred on the basis of gender identity. The court also upheld Tickle’s cross-appeal, finding two instances of direct discrimination. Tickle was excluded from accessing the app because of her gender-related appearance, based on a selfie provided during registration. Her readmission was also refused by reference to her selfie. The court awarded Tickle damages of $20,000, doubling the amount initially awarded, and rejected challenges to the earlier decision.
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