- In short: Transgender woman Roxanne Tickle is suing social media platform Giggle for Girls after she was excluded from the women-only app.
- She is alleging unlawful discrimination on the basis of gender identity while the app’s founder has denied she is a woman.
- What’s next? The hearing is expected to run for four days.
A transgender woman who was excluded from a women-only social media app should be awarded damages because the app’s founder has persistently denied she is a woman, a Sydney court has heard.
In February 2021, Roxanne Tickle downloaded the Giggle for Girls social networking app, which was marketed as a platform exclusively for women to share experiences and speak freely.
Users needed to provide a selfie, which was assessed by artificial intelligence software to determine if they were a woman or man.
Ms Tickle’s photograph was determined to be a woman and she used the app’s full features until September that year, when the account became restricted because the AI decision was manually overridden.
Why do you want to take away a safe space from cis women?
- Trans women don’t make cis women unsafe by their presence.
- They didn’t advertise as any sort of a space for cis women. They advertised as a space FOR WOMEN (which she is) and then kicked a woman out.
Ooh, you’re speaking for others again. You have no idea how other people feel. It’s clear society is divided on your second point, both men and women alike. I’d love for it to not be so, but it is. Just facts.
It’s clear society is divided on your second point
No it isn’t, you’re just a bigot.
Oh come on now. Don’t outright lie. Why are we even having this discussion if there isn’t debate. It doesn’t surprise me that you’re homophobic.
