A transgender woman, who previously made headlines for suing beauticians who refused to wax her genitalia, has now claimed a gynecologist refused to treat her.
Jessica Yaniv, from Canada, told her followers she was “shocked, confused and hurt” after being turned away from a clinic.
She posted on Twitter: “So a gynaecologist office that I got referred to literally told me today that ‘we don’t serve transgender patients’.”
She questioned them online, asking, “Are they allowed to do that, legally? Isn’t that against the college practices?”
Yaniv argued that gynecologists should be trained to work with transgender patients.
She said, “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 says medical board confirmed it’s discrimination
The next day, Yaniv claimed she spoke with the College of Physicians and Surgeons of British Columbia.
She told her 140,000 Twitter followers that the college confirmed the clinic’s refusal was “discrimination under the BC human rights code.”
She said the CPSBC also told her it was against their code of ethics. Yaniv said she plans to officially file a complaint against the clinic.
“Trans people need to be included, not excluded from society,” she wrote.
“Pre and post gender affirming surgery care is super important.”
The CPSBC provided a statement to Daily Mail saying they don’t comment on individual cases.
They said staff “never offer opinions on specific situations discussed over the phone with patients.”
Yaniv was reportedly directed to their official standard on discrimination and ethics.
Previous waxing lawsuits thrown out
This isn’t Yaniv’s first time taking legal action.
She previously filed complaints against Vancouver beauticians who refused to wax her genitalia.
She was seeking financial damages, claiming discrimination. But last month, the British Columbia Human Rights Tribunal dismissed her claims.
“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 said.
The ruling also claimed Yaniv’s complaints were filed for profit.
“I find that Ms Yaniv’s predominant motive in filing her waxing complaints is not to prevent or remedy alleged discrimination, but to target small businesses for personal financial gain,” said adjudicator Devin Cousineau.
Yaniv was ordered to pay $6,000 in fines to the beauticians.
Featured image credit: Jessica Yaniv/X
