An Australian appeals denied an exemption to equal opportunity laws to LesFest, a lesbian gathering that happens in Daylesford, Victoria. The organizers of one of the country?s biggest Lesbian gatherings asked for the right to restrict the festival to female-born lesbians. LesFest spokesperson Anna Holland-Moore insists there?s a difference between lesbians who were born female and those who were brought up male. She says the gathering ought to be able to restrict its attendance to allow attendees to ?consolidate our culture?.

The organizers also wanted to ban boys over eight and non-lesbian girls over 15.

In Holland-Moore?s view, the objection of transgender lesbians to the ?woman-born lesbian? requirement is a ?technicality.? In her comments, she sounds a bit clueless, asserting that ?transgendered lesbians? and ?transsexual lesbians? are ?a different kettle of fish? from each other. She also announces that the ?homosexual community has quite a strong queer coalition.?

?Now you?re not gay and lesbian; it?s queer politics now - and the queer mob seem to want everyone to be the same and to be all inclusive,? she complains. Allegedly the LesFest request is the first time anyone has asked for an exemption to Australia?s non-discrimination laws based on ?gender identity.?

The festival will either reapply for an exemption or limit attendance to invitation-only, according to Al Jazeera. You have to wonder what Al Jazeera?s readers think of this imbroglio.