Transgender activist Jessica Yaniv, who recently lost her “wax her balls” court case, plans on filing a new complaint against a gynecologist who she claims refused to serve her.
“So a gynaecologist office that I got referred to literally told me today that ‘we don’t serve transgender patients,'” Yaniv said Tuesday on Twitter, describing herself as “shocked,” “confused,” and “hurt” by the decision. “Are they allowed to do that, legally? Isn’t that against the college practices?”
Gynaecologists form a part of the multidisciplinary team who engage with transgender and non‐binary patients, either as part of the transition stage performing surgery or managing pre‐ or post‐transition gynaecological problems.
— Jessica Yaniv (@trustednerd) December 3, 2019
She went on to say the College of Physicians and Surgeons told her that the gynecologist was discriminating against her under the British Columbia Human Rights Code. “So @cpsbc_ca I’ll file a complaint with you today about that clinic. Trans people need to be included, not excluded from society. Pre and post gender affirming surgery care is super important!” Yaniv said Wednesday.
So @cpsbc_ca I’ll file a complaint with you today about that clinic. Trans people need to be included, not excluded from society. Pre and post gender affirming surgery care is super important!
— Jessica Yaniv (@trustednerd) December 3, 2019
The 32-year-old activist lost a court case in October against aestheticians who refused to wax her genitalia. “Human rights legislation does not require a service provider to wax a type of genitals they are not trained for and have not consented to wax,” the BC Human Right Tribunal said at the time.
The tribunal found that Yaniv “engaged in improper conduct” and was “disingenuous” and “self-serving” in her testimony. Yaniv was accused by critics of intentionally targeting immigrant aestheticians to put them out of business. The transgender activist was forced to pay thousands of dollars to each of the three women.
