• 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.

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    2 months ago

    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.

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      Why are we even having this discussion if there isn’t debate.

      Because you’re insufferable and loud.

      It doesn’t surprise me that you’re homophobic.

      I’m a faggot.

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        2 months ago

        Ok fine, there is no debate in society and transpeople have it just alright. Your words.

        You still don’t get it or are in denial, dunno, don’t care.

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          2 months ago

          transpeople

          Trans people. Trans is an adjective modifying the noun “people”.

          Persons who are trans are not some non-people other thing.