# High Court leaves ruling against app that excluded transgender woman intact

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/landmark-what-is-a-woman-ruling-means-australian-employers-cannot-exclude-transgender-women-from-female-only-recruitment-drives/
- Published: 2026-10-23T03:28:37+00:00
- Updated: 2026-10-23T03:47:29+00:00
- Original publisher: Daily Mail (publisher lean: Right)
- Original article: https://www.dailymail.com/news/article-16231545/Landmark-woman-ruling-means-Australian-employers-exclude-transgender-women-female-recruitment-drives.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490
- Topics: World

## Key points

- High Court refusal leaves the discrimination ruling in place.
- Tickle’s compensation was doubled to $20,000.
- Employers are warned not to exclude trans women from women’s recruitment drives.

## Summary

Australia’s High Court has refused to hear an appeal in a case over a transgender woman excluded from a women-only social media app, leaving in place a ruling that she was directly discriminated against. A human rights law professor says the decision also has implications for employers, who cannot exclude transgender women from recruitment initiatives designed to increase women’s representation.

Roxanne Tickle was excluded from Giggle for Girls in 2021 after its chief executive, Sall Grover, judged her appearance to be male. The Full Federal Court found the exclusion was direct discrimination based on gender-related appearance, raised her compensation from $10,000 to $20,000, including $8,000 in aggravated damages, and capped appeal costs payable by Grover and the app at $100,000. The court rejected the argument that a women-only space intended to promote equality justified the exclusion.

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