Trans activist Jessica Yaniv is suing multiple business owners in British Columbia after the salons would not give her a Brazilian wax.
The British Columbia human rights tribunal has decided to hear her case this week. It got heated. The trans woman at one point in time can be heard calling the business owner a Neo-Nazi. The business owner’s response was that she just was not comfortable waxing a male genitalia.
A B.C. Human Rights Tribunal hearing devolved into repeated mjhhr outbursts and name-calling this week as it considered a transgender woman’s complaint that a home-based salon discriminated against her by denying her a Brazilian wax.
At one point, the complainant compared the business owner to a neo-Nazi. The lawyer for the business owner accused the complainant of engaging in “half-truths and fabrications.” Tribunal adjudicator Devyn Cousineau frequently had to interject to maintain decorum and to keep the hearing from careening off course.
But a substantive question remained at the core of the raucous daylong hearing: should a business be allowed to deny service on the basis of gender identity?…
…At Wednesday’s hearing, Yaniv, who is representing herself, said she came upon a Facebook ad in spring 2018 offering a promotion for a Brazilian wax, which involves the removal of pubic hair around the groin.
Da Silva testified she had just started her home-based business after previously performing waxes on family and friends. Yaniv was the first person to respond to her ad, she said.
They agreed over text message to an afternoon appointment. But Yaniv testified that after identifying herself as transgender and sending Da Silva a selfie, Da Silva cancelled the session.
Da Silva told the tribunal, “I have no problem with LGBT.” She said she was just not comfortable waxing male genitals. The idea also did not sit well with her husband, she said. Further, she didn’t have any experience doing it.
I bet this poor lady never thought she would be in the middle of a lawsuit such as this.
2 Comments
David Falzone
Aagggghhhh!
Ester Hernandez
Maam… Just do it. You already told him you have no experience doing this… he still wants it. You already told him that your husband does not approve… He still wants it. Just slap the wax on them useless jewels and have your husband hold him down while you rip the tape right off. If you don’t get it right the first time…. slap some more wax and have at it. Have him count for each yank… (50 shades of YIKES). He’ll think twice before trying that crap again.