A group of women wanted to ban trans people from their public meet-ups… their two-year battle has come to a ‘devastating’ end | Daily Mail Online

A lesbian group has lost its battle to ban transgender and bisexual women from its public events following a two-year legal battle.

Lesbian Action Group wanted a five-year exemption under the Sex Discrimination Act and made an application to the Australian Human Rights Commission in 2023.

Spokeswoman Carole Ann told Daily Mail Australia the ruling was ‘devastating’.

‘The lesbian community in Australia has been decimated over the past few decades,’ she said.

‘We’re a huge country so it is really difficult to find each other unless we can advertise publicly and the numbers of women who have been able to find each other has dwindled.

‘On dating apps there are men on there, anything else has to include the whole rainbow family plus whoever wants to go.

‘Without an exemption we are back in the closet basically.’

The LAG is considering whether it will appeal again, which could involve going back to the tribunal or taking the case higher to the Federal Court.

Ms Ann said the legal battle had been ‘draining’ and forced her to put life on hold for two years when she should be enjoying retirement, but insisted the fight was not over.

‘A lot of people sit on the fence about men being women but when you say they are lesbians people go, “What? That doesn’t make sense”.

‘We are disappointed but not despondent. One way or another we are going to keep fighting.’

Source: A group of women wanted to ban trans people from their public meet-ups… their two-year battle has come to a ‘devastating’ end | Daily Mail Online

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