Giggle v Tickle appeal update: Litigation is a long & a mostly boring process, while simultaneously being incredibly stressful. It’s a rollercoaster. Here is everything I know so far: • Soon, there will be a hearing that will set a date for the appeal to be heard in court. • This appeal is in the full Federal Court. This means that three Federal Court judges hear the case & come to a decision. The judge from the first round is not involved. His work is done on this case. • The reason the first appeal is to the full Federal Court is because the current decision (“sex is changeable”) has both facts of the case and the law wrong. • For example, the decision states that to use Giggle, users had to look like a cisgender woman. This is incorrect. To use Giggle, users had to be female, and female in the ordinary use of the word which is biological. This very important detail was, I think rather conveniently, ignored. • The full Federal Court sits a few times a year. In 2025, the dates are March, July/August or November. • Stuart Wood KC has joined the Giggle legal team, working with Bridie Nolan, Anca Costin & Katherine Deves. • The possible outcomes are: Giggle wins the appeal, the other side appeals to the High Court; Giggle wins the appeal, the other side doesn’t appeal to the High Court; Giggle loses the appeal, Giggle appeals to the High Court. • The High Court is the last court. • I want a decision that establishes that women are a class of people that men cannot legally identify themselves into & female only - on the basis of SEX - spaces, events & services are lawful. Any politician or media commentator who says I am wrong in wanting that has to be held to account & explain why. • In legal terms, what has to be established is that sex is a biological concept in the sex discrimination act. The current decision disputes that, citing 3 legal cases that acknowledged a person lying about their sex. This is in conflict with the the intention of the sex discrimination act and, of course, the entirety of human history. • I am optimistic. I know we are right & I know that reality always wins - eventually. Reality is inescapable. The law has to reflect reality. In reality, no man is a woman so therefore no man should legally be a woman. • The next update will be when we get a hearing date. • As always, thank you everyone for the support. Let’s go get our rights back 🩷 image
If men who claim to be women need specific centers, organizations, events, sport, spaces, scholarships, apps, whatever, for their wellbeing, create them. Women did the work to create what we need & we’re simply not giving it up for entitled, deranged & potentially predatory men. image