Tasmania's Museum of Old and New Art was forced to shut down an exhibit exclusively for women earlier this year after a tribunal found it discriminatory. Now, a Supreme Court judge has quashed the decision.
Tasmania's Museum of Old and New Art has won a Supreme Court appeal against a lower court decision that saw the closure of an exhibit known as the Ladies Lounge. The exhibit was a small space exclusively for women located inside the museum, with pieces of art displayed, and male butlers serving female attendees.
to "cease refusing entry to the Ladies Lounge to persons who did not identify as ladies".
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