Sall Grover begins federal court appeal against Roxanne Tickle’s gender discrimination case win
by Daisy Dumas from World news | The Guardian on (#6Z33F)
Lawyers for founder of Giggle for Girls app says special measure' under Sex Discrimination Act allows for women-only safe space'
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Giggle for Girls and Sall Grover have begun their appeal to overturn a landmark court decision that found the women-only social media app and its CEO had unlawfully discriminated against Roxanne Tickle, a transgender woman.
On Monday, the full court of the federal court heard that Grover's team believes the app - designed as a women-only safe space" - constituted a special measure" under the Sex Discrimination Act (SDA), which allows discrimination with the aim of redressing historical disadvantage between men and women.
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