Gender-critical lesbian group can’t ban trans women from meetings, tribunal rules

A tribunal has ruled that a gender-critical lesbian group cannot exclude transgender and bisexual women from their events.

Lesbian Action Group, an organisation associated with the Australian branch of anti-trans organisation LGB Alliance, had its request to overturn a previous ruling, and make its events for cis lesbians only, denied.

In September 2023, the Victoria-based group applied to the Australian Human Rights Commission for an exemption from the Sex Discrimination Act (SDA) so they could hold events for “lesbians born female” only, thus excluding trans and bisexual cis women.

Under the 2010 Equal Opportunity Act, the state of Victoria can grant temporary exemptions to anti-discrimination laws if it can be proved that the exclusion would “help the act’s goal of promoting equal opportunity” and the proposed action was “a reasonable limitation

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