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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Daisy Dumas

Meaning of ‘woman’ goes beyond dictionary definition, court hears as Giggle for Girls appeal concludes

Roxanne Tickle arrives at court
Roxanne Tickle, who won a landmark discrimination case against Giggle for Girls and its CEO Sally Grover last year, arrives at the federal court. Photograph: Bianca de Marchi/AAP

Sex exists on a scale and the definition of “woman” is not limited to the pages of a dictionary, a court has heard in an appeal hearing to overturn a landmark gender identity discrimination finding made against a women-only social media app.

Giggle for Girls and its CEO, Sall Grover, are challenging Justice Robert Bromwich’s August 2024 federal court judgment that found Roxanne Tickle, a transgender woman, was indirectly discriminated against when she was barred from the platform in September 2021. The case was the first gender identity discrimination case to reach the federal court.

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