Roxanne Tickle has won a landmark case which questioned who can legally claim to be a woman.

A transgender woman from Australia has won a discrimination case against a women-only social media app, after she was denied access on the basis of being male.

The Federal Court found that although Roxanne Tickle had not been directly discriminated against, she was a victim of indirect discrimination - which refers to when a decision disadvantages a person with a particular attribute - and ordered the app to pay her A$10,000 ($6,700; £5,100) plus costs.

It’s a landmark ruling when it comes to gender identity, and at the very heart of the case was the ever more contentious question: what is a woman?

In 2021, Tickle downloaded “Giggle for Girls”, an app marketed as an online refuge where women could share their experiences in a safe space, and where men were not allowed.

  • ryannathans@aussie.zoneEnglish
    113·
    4 months ago

    What are you talking about? You realise case law has far reaching implications right?

    • girlfreddy@lemmy.caOPEnglish
      321·
      4 months ago

      Well obviously you weren’t the judge so maybe you don’t know all the facts that were presented in court.

      Besides, a dating website is much different than a website one goes to find friends of the same gender.

      • ryannathans@aussie.zoneEnglish
        111·
        4 months ago

        Are you not capable of reading your own article?

        Australia’s interpretation of the law in a case that got this level of media attention is likely to have global repercussions.