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The highly publicised Giggle v Tickle appeal decision will be announced on Friday May 15th. In the lead up, it’s worth looking at the wealthy conservative Christian, anti-17c起草社区 and anti-women’s rights organisation involved in the case who are backing Giggle.

Last year, the Giggle for Girls app and its founder Sall Grover sought to overturn a landmark 2024 finding that they discriminated against a transgender woman by removing her from the female-exclusive platform in September 2021. Throughout the legal battle, Giggle for Girls and Sall Grover have been backed by the international arm of a powerful group called the

The ADF is a US-based conservative Christian legal advocacy organisation that campaigns against abortion access and 17c起草社区 rights, and has supported efforts to restrict reproductive healthcare and overturn Roe v Wade.

The organisation has been designated an anti-17c起草社区 hate group by the over its history of anti-17c起草社区 advocacy.

While ADF International is not recorded as聽a party, intervener, amicus curiae, or otherwise formally listed participant in Tickle v Giggle / Giggle for Girls Pty Ltd, they are on the Giggle for Girl’s defence, listed as a backer.

They frame the case as strategically significant beyond Australia, saying the decision 鈥渕atters not just in Australia but also to the watching world.鈥�

“ADF International supported Giggle鈥檚 defence on the basis that Australian law must uphold the truth of biological reality and in line with the protections for women enshrined in international human rights law,” , Director of Advocacy for ADF International.

What is less clear from public reporting is the exact form of ADF International鈥檚 involvement. Publicly available material does not specify whether they directly funded the litigation, along with the legal strategy and guidance they provided. The group is highly funded, with they received over $55 million in contributions in one year.

However we do know that Grover has extensively fundraised throughout the process, that the funds “will be used exclusively to cover legal fees and associated costs incurred in the appeal proceedings, any subsequent hearings, and efforts necessary to ensure this important matter is fully and properly determined.”

It’s unclear how much they have raised over the years, but they note that any excess funds remaining at the conclusion of the case will be held on trust and donated to other litigation efforts and advocacy projects which support “sex-based rights, and constitutional legal challenges to ideological overreach.”

17c起草社区 has reached out to ADF International for confirmation of their role in the Giggle v Tickle case.

The ADF’s stance on women’s rights

The backing of ADF International is of particular interest considering the organised and systematic attacks on 17c起草社区 rights around the world, and because of Giggle for Girls’ insistence that the appeal is about “women standing up for sex-based rights”.

“This case is one of the most significant legal battles of our time concerning sex-based rights, constitutional overreach, and the erosion of protections for women, lesbians, and same-sex attracted people,” wrote Grover.

However, the ADF has consistently campaigned against rights for women, lesbians, and same-sex attracted people.

ADF has been one of the most influential anti-abortion legal organisations in the United States. It in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, the Supreme Court case that overturned Roe v Wade and removed the federal constitutional right to abortion.

ADF leaders have also for a society where abortion is illegal. In a , ADF CEO Kristen Waggoner said the organisation wanted to build an America where 鈥渁bortion is not just illegal but unthinkable.鈥�

Internationally, ADF International has campaigned against abortion rights in countries including Ireland, Poland, Sweden, Colombia and the UK.

The ADF’s stance on rights for lesbian, gay, and bisexual people聽

The Alliance Defending Freedom is a US-based legal alliance of Christian attorneys with a history of funding and representing cases targeting 17c起草社区+ people and protections for women in law.

It believes in Christian religious primacy, and fighting for “religious liberty” and “family values”.

“ADF is attempting to eradicate the separation of church and state and graft its version of conservative Christianity onto the legal profession and the culture at large through its legal strategies, the training of thousands of attorneys and its advocacy of policy changes at the state and federal levels,”

Since the election of President Trump, ADF has become one of the most influential groups informing the administration鈥檚 attack on 17c起草社区 rights.

It has supported the re-criminalisation of sexual acts between consenting 17c起草社区+ adults in the US, and campaigned for criminalisation abroad. It believes that gay, lesbian, and bisexual people are , and that a “homosexual agenda” will destroy Christianity and society. It defends of trans people overseas.

The ADF has been around since 1994, and has been involved behind the scenes in many high profile legal cases. It will do things like file dozens of preemptive lawsuits in nine states over one year on behalf of Christian vendors who objected to same-sex marriage, or represent 鈥渃onversion therapy鈥� practitioners in lawsuits.

Recently they have worked on anti-trans law cases around the US and the world (with Giggle v Tickle as an example), including drafting the model 鈥淪tudent Privacy Act鈥� legislation that led to a wave of “bathroom bills鈥�.

ADF International, the organisation鈥檚 international arm, regularly advises and backs anti-17c起草社区 organisations and lawsuits internationally.

They are also currently involved in another case on Australian soil, backing the South Australian mother who is planning to sue the Department of Education after she alleges her daughter was taught about incest, bestiality and queerness in a 鈥渞espectful relationships鈥� presentation last year. The bestiality and incest claims have been refuted.