• 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.

  • @Tylix
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    Removed by mod

    • @force
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      “If I found out a woman I dated was trans i’d probably kill her”

      What the fuck is wrong with you? People like you need to be put in a mental asylum. You are not fit to be in society and your mental instability is a threat to the public. Your kind are the type that shoot up a mall when your crush rejects you.

      • @Duamerthrax
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        19 months ago

        Guy thinks there are Shi Pei Pu walking around everywhere.

      • @yeah@feddit.uk
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        Woah. I see where you’re coming from with this one but abhorrent behaviours/speech does not mean someone is mentally unwell. Please reach for insults that don’t punch down on another group.

        • daisy lazarus
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          It doesn’t mean they’re not mentally unwell.

          Also, where was OC ‘punching down’ on the ‘mentally unwell community’?

          What does that even mean?

          • @yeah@feddit.uk
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            -39 months ago

            It means one should call someone a dickhead with shit posturing and abhorrent morals without saying they need to “be put in a mental asylum”.

            The idea that people who act or think in ways that are disgusting or violent are “mentally ill” and not just wrong is a large facet of the stigma attached to being mentally ill.

        • @yeah@feddit.uk
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          19 months ago

          Surprised at the downvotes. Which bit of not attacking a minority while defending a different minority is the problem?

    • Jojo
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      269 months ago

      Listen, mate, threatening to kill people is a pretty shit way to interact with anyone. If you don’t want to date someone with a penis, maybe say so up front. No one is trying to trick you, and no one is trying to lie to you. They’re just trying to live life, same as anyone.

    • @jordanlundM
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      199 months ago

      Removed, transphobia, threats of violence. Temp ban.

    • Cethin
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      139 months ago

      Hopefully no one gets tricked into dating you only to find out your actually a massive dick. I’m certain no one needs to be worried though.

    • @Specal
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      109 months ago

      Wow I think we’ve found the most insecure person on lemmy