Overview
- The Full Court ruled Friday that Giggle for Girls and founder Sall Grover directly discriminated against Roxanne Tickle based on her gender-related appearance.
- The judges found two unlawful acts of exclusion tied to Tickle’s selfie review and her later bid to be readmitted to the app.
- Damages were increased to A$20,000, with the court citing aggravating conduct that included repeated misgendering, and it ordered payment of specified legal costs.
- The court rejected arguments that the women-only platform qualified as a lawful “special measure” or safe space, signaling that such policies cannot be used to bar trans women.
- Tickle’s account was first cleared by the app’s AI in early 2021 before Grover’s manual review led to her removal despite a birth certificate listing her as female, and Grover now says she will seek a High Court appeal that could shape how other single-sex services operate.