She stalked & harassed two trans athletes. A judge just laid down the law against her.https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2025/12/she-stalked-harassed-two-trans-athletes-a-judge-just-laid-down-the-law-against-her/ 🔗Faefyx Collington (5 Dec 2025)
Kirralie Smith, an Australian anti-trans campaigner, has been fined and ordered to issue a public apology after she was found guilty in August for targeting online harassment of two transgender women who play football. Smith posted about the two women from 2022 through 2024, including pictures of them, their names, and where they and their teams could be found.
"These women were subjected to horrendous harassment online, including being publicly identified, outed and misgendered," said Heather Corkhill, Legal Director of Equality Australia, in an August statement. "People who target vulnerable minorities to incite hatred and fear need to be called out and stopped. Smith and her supporters are out of step with the law, out of step with community values, and out of step with modern Australia."
Smith is the spokeswoman for the anti-trans group Binary Australia, which claims that there is a "biological reality that there are two complementary sexes. Equal, but different."
She claimed that one of the women had injured and hospitalized two female players in a match, but later revealed in court that she had no evidence to substantiate her claim.
The decision on Smith's penalties this week comes after a failed appeal, and includes paying $55,000 in Australian dollars ($36,505 in U.S. dollars) to one of the women and $40,000 ($26,548) to the other. She is also required to post an apology to all social media pages that she controls, pinning it to the top where possible.
