Australia court doubles payout for trans woman in landmark discrimination case

Grover told the court that when she looked at Tickle's profile picture, she decided Tickle was not a woman and removed the account, saying that the process was "the same as removing all males"."I would have seen the photo and just gone, 'male', and blocked," Grover told the court during the initial hearing.Under the country's Sex Discrimination Act, it is illegal for providers of goods or services to discriminate against another person on the ground of a person's gender identity.In Friday's Federal Court judgement, the full court found that Grover had engaged in unlawful direct discrimination, saying she had treated Tickle "who is a transgender woman, less favourably than a person designated female at birth seeking access to the Giggle App".The three judges also found that the original judge had erred by not deeming Tickle's removal from the app based on Grover's "first visual review" of the profile picture as direct discrimination.The three judges also found that the original judge had erred by not deeming Tickle's removal from the app based on Grover's "first visual review" of the profile picture as direct discrimination. The earlier ruling found that Grover had indirectly discriminated against Tickle.Tickle downloaded the app in 2021 and passed the registration process which included a selfie, and used the app for about half a year before being blocked.