A case brought by an Australian transgender woman against a female-only social app and its founder for discrimination will be heard in court, after it was previously discontinued.
Federal Court Justice Robert Bromwich has granted “an extension of time” to Roxanne Tickle “in the interest of justice”.
Justice Bromwich called the matters to be put on trial as “a test case”.
“The applicant submits that it is reasonable to expect that the wider public will be interested in the outcome, amplified by the absence of any case thus far to have considered s 5B of the SD (Sexual Discrimination) Act in the context of a gender diverse person, being something of a test case,” he said in his judgment.
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