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Sall Grover vs. transgender people

Sall Grover is an Australian writer, app developer, and anti-transgender activist. Grover founded giggle, a networking app designed to exclude transgender women.

Background

Sally “Sall” Grover was born on October 11, 1984. Parent Rob Grover is a real estate agent. After attending Bond University, Grover then moved to Hollywood.

In 2011, Emma “Em” Jensen and Sall “Face” Grover published a blog called The LA Team, chronicling their experiences in Los Angeles. Their story was optioned by Gold Circle Films and developed as Sex on the First Date. It was never produced.

For eight years, Grover lived in Los Angeles, writing and pitching: “It was a horrible life.” Grover then moved to Brooklyn and lived with a group of women.

Grover has since returned to Australia as a freelance copywriter and screenwriter for Screen Queensland and Be Media. Grover operates Wadd Holdings Pty Ltd.

Grover had a child in 2022 named Isabelle Lily.

Anti-transgender activism

In 2019, Grover set up Giggle For Girls Ltd Pty. Grover then fundraised and developed a networking app “for females.” The app used facial recognition and other techniques to exclude people, including trans woman Roxanne Tickle:

On 3 March 2022, Giggle’s lawyers at the Feminist Legal Clinic responded to the complaint, saying Tickle was “considered male” based on her appearance in the selfie and that this was why she had been removed.

Grover described Tickle as a “trans identified male” in a social media post less than three weeks later. Grover was represented by Katherine Deves.

In 2022, Grover protested a Medicare form that used the term “birthing parent.”

Podcast

In 2022, Grover released 15 episodes of The Giggle Podcast. Guests included many key anti-trans activists in Australia.

Anonymous guests

  • “UPenn Swimmer”
  • Twitter account NoSelfIDinQLD
  • Critic of gender-affirming group acon (AIDS Council of New South Wales)

Guests

  • Jess de Wahls
  • Katherine Deves
  • Jessica “Jess” Hoyle
  • Judith Hunter
  • Angie Jones
  • Jane Clare Jones
  • Holly Lawford-Smith
  • Bernard Lane
  • Karyn Lisignoli
  • Heather Mason
  • Linda McCarthy
  • Nicola Murray
  • Birdy Rose
  • Vaishavi Sundar
  • Jasmine Sussex
  • Michelle Uriarau
  • Bronwyn Winter

References

Grover, Sall (June 10, 2020). I guess I’m a TERF then. Medium https://sallceo.medium.com/i-guess-im-a-terf-then-a8e483ef9c06

Grover, Sall (June 10, 2020). An open letter to the media. Medium https://sallceo.medium.com/an-open-letter-to-the-media-53883dc71599

Smith, Kirralie (July 08, 2022). Tickle drops case against Giggle. Binary https://www.binary.org.au/tickle_drops_case_against_giggle

Australian Associated Press (December 30, 2022). Transgender woman sues female-only app Giggle for Girls for alleged discrimination. The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/media/2022/dec/31/transgender-woman-sues-female-only-app-giggle-for-girls-for-alleged-discrimination

Australian Associated Press (June 1, 2023). Female-only app represented by Katherine Deves fails to throw out transgender discrimination suit. The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/media/2023/jun/01/female-only-app-giggle-for-girls-transgender-discrimination-suit-roxanne-tickle

-https://twitter.com/salltweets/status/1447346593691172864

Candice Horbacz (March 17, 2021) #35 Sall Grover- CEO of Giggle a platform for women only. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IvwN85j3-MY

Patten, Dominic (February 7, 2013). Walt Becker To Direct ‘Sex On The First Date.’ Deadline Hollywood https://deadline.com/2013/02/walt-becker-sex-on-the-first-date-wild-hogs-directing-424849/

Day, Olivia (July 20, 2022). New mum is OUTRAGED after being called a ‘birthing parent’ instead of a mother by the Australian government – as Ally Langdon slams the move as ‘dehumanising.’ Daily Mail https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11033473/New-mother-reveals-outrage-referred-birthing-parent-healthcare-form.html

Resources

Twitter (twitter.com)

Medium (medium.com)

LinkedIn (linkedin.com)

YouTube (youtube.com)

Patreon (patreon.com)

The Loop (theloop.com.au)

The LA Team (thelateamonline.com) [archive]