Transwoman who sued beauty salons for refusing to wax "her" says a gynecologist refused to see "her"

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Transwoman who sued beauty salons for refusing to wax "her" says a gynecologist refused to see "her"​

A Canadian transgender woman whose legal complaints against several beauticians who refused to wax her male genitalia were dismissed, has said now a gynecologist won't see her.

Jessica Yaniv, 32, claimed numerous Vancouver estheticians discriminated against based on her ‘gender identity and gender expression’ when she requested a Brazilian bikini wax.

But last month a court found the claims were found to be 'unjustified' and 'improperly motivated' by financial gain.

On Monday, Yaniv said she was 'shocked.. and confused... and hurt' after a gynecologist office allegedly told her 'we don't serve transgender patients'.

'Are they allowed to do that, legally? Isn't that against the college practices,' she tweeted at the College of Physicians and Surgeons of British Columbia.

Jessica Yaniv, 32, posted Monday: 'So a gynecologist office that I got referred to literally told me today that "we don't serve transgender patients"'

The organization protects the public by establishing and enforcing high standards in the practice of medicine.

Yaniv tweeted to her 140,000 followers: '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.'

Yaniv's Twitter profile describes her as an 'LGBTQIA+ Advocate, Friend, Daughter & Tech Blogger. She/Her/Hers. Human rights advocate. Model. Global Internet Personality. Social Justice Warrior. Marketer'.

She added Tuesday that the CPSBC confirmed the refusal is discrimination under the BC Human Rights Code and against their code of Ethics.

In a statement CPSBC said: 'College staff never offer opinions on specific situations discussed over the phone with patients. As is normal practice, staff refer callers to practice standards to guide them in making their own decision about whether or not to file a complaint against a physician. In this instance, the caller was directed to a practice standard, Access to Medical Care, which addresses discrimination. This in no way was a validation.'

Last month she sought justice after she said she was told by women at salons that they were unable to provide a service as they were not trained to wax male genitals - and could cause her serious injury.

Yaniv claimed they cited religious reasons and the fact they shouldn’t be forced to touch genitals they don’t want to.

She filed various complaints against estheticians in the Vancouver area, causing two to go out of business, and she was seeking as much as $15,000 in damages from each place.

However, the British Human Rights Tribunal dismissed her complaint, ruling that: ‘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 Tribunal also found Yaniv to have ‘engaged in improper conduct’ including filing ‘complaints for improper purposes’, and called her testimony both ‘disingenuous’ and ‘self-serving’ along with ‘evasive and argumentative and contradictory’

Her initial order for $500,000 in damages was also branded ‘divorced from reality and reason’.

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