Trans Activist Sues Brazilian Wax Business after Owner Refused to Shave Her Balls

 by Jim Hoft July 18, 2019 858 Comments

Trans activist Jessica Yaniv is suing several business owners in a British Columbia after the salons refused to give her a Brazilian wax.

The British Columbia Human Rights Tribunal is hearing her case this week.

At one point in the hearing Jessica Yaniv called the business owner to a neo-Nazi.

The owner told the court she was not comfortable “waxing male genitals.”

The hearing on Thursday devolved into outbursts and name-clling.
The National Post reported:

A B.C. Human Rights Tribunal hearing devolved into repeated 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 Ms. Da Silva NEVER imagined her Brazilian wax business would put her in front of the Human Rights Tribunal!