Last week, the Federal Court found a transgender woman, Roxanne Tickle, had been directly discriminated against when she was removed from a women-only social media app, Giggle for Girls.

The historic decision followed a long court saga, with the first judgement in 2024. The app’s founder, Sall Grover, has said this week she plans to appeal the “Giggle v Tickle” case in the High Court.

To unpack the case and its ongoing implications, we are joined on the podcast by Australian National University Emerita Professor Margaret Thornton. She is an expert in gender equality, anti-discrimination law and feminist legal theory.

On Grover’s plan to appeal to the High Court, Thornton outlined why it was likely to proceed.

Appeals to the High Court are not automatic. But any appeal from Giggle and Tickle would almost certainly go ahead because it’s such an unusual issue, [the] first time that it’s been considered by an Australian court. […] How would the court decide? Who knows? But do note that four experienced federal court judges have already decided in favour of Ms Tickle on a........

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