Woman at Centre of Trans Lawsuit Says She’s Been Banned From Posting on Facebook

Sall Grover says she has been banned from posting on Facebook following a discrimination case involving her female-only app.

Giggle for Girls founder Sall Grover is seen during a break at the Federal Court in Sydney, Australia, on April 11, 2024. AAP Image/Bianca De Marchi

Giggle for Girls founder Sall Grover says she has been banned from posting on Facebook until 2027, following heightened attention around her ongoing legal dispute over the women-only social media platform.

Grover made the claim on the social media platform X.

“The page can exist, apparently, but I am not allowed to post on it anymore,” she said.

“The page has been deemed controversial due to the Giggle v Tickle case and increased popularity of 25,000 new followers in a week.”

Grover was involved in legal proceedings with Roxanne Tickle, a transgender woman who brought a discrimination over access to the Giggle platform.

Grover said she wished she had the same rights as Facebook parent company Meta.

“I don’t want to labour the irony of being banned on a social networking platform while fighting in court for the right to ban men from a woman-only social networking platform,” she said.

The app founder said Meta placed a restriction on her account until April 15, 2027.

“Women are routinely punished for not accepting men as women,” she said.

“It doesn’t turn those men into women. Nothing will.”

Nationals senator Matt Canavan said he had contacted Meta over the incident in the hopes that Grover’s access can be restored.

“Sall has made a major contribution to the crucial policy question of how to protect women and girls this week,” he said, referencing Grover’s legal battle with Tickle.

“This is a controversial debate and everyone is welcome to their views.

“That includes Sall who should be able to, as an Australian, contribute to a debate in the Australian Parliament and online with other Australians.

The Epoch Times contacted Meta for comment.

Earlier in May, Grover lost an appeal against an earlier ruling that she had indirectly discriminated against a male-to-female trans person, Tickle, by excluding her from the app.

The original ruling, made in 2024, ordered Grover to pay Tickle $10,000 (US$7,200) in damages.

On appeal, the Federal Court in May 2026 found Grover had directly discriminated against Tickle and increased damages to $20,000, with additional costs orders. This includes up to $50,000 in Tickle’s court costs and up to $50,000 in cross-appeal costs.

Grover has continued to advocate for biological sex-based rights for women, recently meeting with both One Nation Senator Malcolm Roberts and Liberal MP Michaelia Cash.

Roberts called Grover a “courageous“ woman.

“Despite the pain heaped on them from anti-human governments and ideologically driven dishonest activists,” he said.

“Sall is brave, strong and absolutely fearless,” Cash said in her post.

“She has stood up for common sense, for women’s spaces, and for the rights of women and girls to safety, privacy and fairness based on biological sex.”