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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
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Daisy Dumas

‘What is a woman?’: court asked to rule on definition in transgender woman’s case against Giggle for Girls platform

Giggle for Girls founder Sall Grover at the federal court in Sydney
Giggle for Girls founder Sall Grover at the federal court in Sydney, where a discrimination case brought by trans woman Roxanne Tickle is being heard. Photograph: Bianca de Marchi/AAP

A court has been asked to define what a woman is as a landmark gender identity discrimination case comes to a close in front of a packed gallery of trans and women’s rights campaigners in Sydney.

Roxanne Tickle, a transgender woman from regional New South Wales, is suing the women-only social media platform Giggle for Girls and its CEO, Sall Grover, for alleged unlawful discrimination after being blocked from using the networking app.

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