Updated May 15, 2026 — 5:09pm , first published 2:33pm

A transgender woman who won a landmark discrimination suit after she was excluded from a social media app marketed as a “women-only safe space” has had her victory increased by an appeal court and her damages doubled.

Roxanne Tickle took the company behind the app, Giggle for Girls, and its founder, Sall Grover, to the Federal Court in 2022, alleging they breached Commonwealth discrimination laws.

Roxanne Tickle in Sydney on Friday. Sam Mooy

The court ruled in Tickle’s favour in 2024 and ordered the company and Grover to pay Tickle $10,000 in compensation plus legal costs.

Grover and the company lodged an appeal.…