Tasmania's Museum of Old and New Art (Mona) has won an appeal in the state's Supreme Court seeking to continue banning men from its premises, known as the Ladies Lounge.
The facility upheld a Sydney man's claim that the museum discriminated against him on the basis of gender, after Tasmania's Civil and Administrative Tribunal ordered the museum to start allowing men into women-only spaces. , closed in April.
But the Supreme Court ruled Friday that an act is exempt from state anti-discrimination laws under a provision that allows discrimination if the intent behind it is to promote equal opportunity for disadvantaged or disabled groups. The court ruled that he was entitled to be special needs.
“The Ladies Lounge highlights the lack of equal opportunity that is prevalent in society in general and reminds women how denying their rights can be an advantage rather than a disadvantage. “It can be seen as an arrangement to promote equality of opportunity by allowing a glimpse of what constitutes “admission to the ladies' lounge by men,'' Judge Shane Marshall said in his judgment. .
The court found several errors of fact and law, including a misrepresentation of what the ladies' lounge was designed to promote and how that was intended to be accomplished. He said the April 9 ruling was overturned and the case sent back to court for a new trial. I reconsidered.
