Female-only app Giggle for Girls has appealed a ruling that found it discriminated against a trans woman by barring her from the app.
In a test of Julia Gillard-era amendments to the Sex Discrimination Act guarding against discrimination on the basis of gender identity, the Federal Court has ruled that a trans-exclusionary social media app, Giggle for Girls, was unlawfully discriminatory.
The Sex Discrimination Commissioner has told a court a transgender woman who was excluded from female social network Giggle for Girls can bring a claim for gender identity discrimination under under Gillard-era amendments to the Sex Discrimination Act.
A judge has allowed a discrimination case brought by a transgender woman who was excluded from female social network Giggle for Girls to be brought out of time, finding there was a public interest in determining the āmetes and boundsā of Gillard-era amendments to the Sex Discrimination Act.
A discrimination case brought by a transgender woman who was excluded from female social network Giggle for Girls may test the metes and bounds of Gillard-era amendments to the Sex Discrimination Act, a court has heard.