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The BC Human Rights Tribunal has dismissed a transgender woman乌鸦传媒檚 complaints in a case about genital waxing that drew worldwide media attention.
Jessica Yaniv alleged that various Lower Mainland salons discriminated against her when they refused to provide her with waxing services, on the basis of gender identity and expression.
Yaniv had requested arm or leg waxing in two cases. In five others, she requested scrotum waxing, which the salon employees refused.
The tribunal did not agree that gender expression means intimate grooming services must be provided.
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The decision went on to say there is no difference between arm and leg waxing for men and women. But instead of reprimanding the salons for that, Cousineau said Yaniv filed the complaints for 乌鸦传媒渋mproper purposes乌鸦传媒� 乌鸦传媒� namely, the to target small businesses for financial gain.
Yaniv had targeted female salon employees, mostly minorities, often speaking English as a second language, who worked alone out of their homes or their clients乌鸦传媒� homes, the decision said.
乌鸦传媒淢s. Yaniv has engaged in a pattern of filing human rights complaints which target small businesses for personal financial gain and/or to punish certain ethnic groups, which she perceives as hostile to the rights of LGBTQ+ people.乌鸦传媒�
Only three of the people targeted by the complaints presented a defence. She was ordered to pay each of them $2,000 for her improper conduct.
Overall, the tribunal found that her testimony was 乌鸦传媒渄isingenuous and self-serving.乌鸦传媒�
乌鸦传媒淚n cross-examination, she was evasive and argumentative, and contradicted herself,乌鸦传媒� said the ruling.
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Among other issues, Yaniv, who has previously identified as a trans woman, at one point during the hearing claimed to be intersex, which means someone who is born with genitalia that may be indeterminate or have elements of both male and female genitalia. At other times, she referred to having 乌鸦传媒渕ale parts.乌鸦传媒�
She used fake names to approach some of the women, or used the name 乌鸦传媒淛onathan乌鸦传媒� and a photo on social media that showed her with short hair and no makeup.
One of the women testified she didn乌鸦传媒檛 refuse her because she was transgender, but because she was frustrated with multiple texts from Yaniv and didn乌鸦传媒檛 feel comfortable keeping the appointment.
The salon owner cancelled the appointment, but Yaniv found the woman乌鸦传媒檚 Facebook page and got it shut down by claiming the page didn乌鸦传媒檛 use the woman乌鸦传媒檚 real name. Yaniv also made repeated attempts to contact her at work, and via text and Facebook. The woman became afraid and contacted the police. She eventually shut down her business entirely.
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