Court Rules in Favor of Trans Woman Banned from Female-Only App

The judge said Roxanne Tickle had been the victim of ‘indirect discrimination’ and said she was female under the law.

Roxanne Tickle (left) at the Federal Court of Australia in Sydney, Australia on April 9, 2024. AAP Image/Bianca De Marchi

Harry Potter author JK Rowling posted a simple message of support amid one of Australia’s most prominent women’s rights cases.

“Solidarity, sisters,” the author wrote on X as the Federal Court case, Tickle v Giggle, unfurled.