Serial human rights complainant Jessica Yaniv lost her bid to become the next vice-president equity and sustainability at the Simon Fraser Student Society (SFSS). .The election results showed Yaniv, who campaigned under the last name Simpson, came in eighth out of nine candidates. She received just 17 votes. .Yaniv beat out candidate Thomas-Anei Lueth, who came in ninth place with nine votes. Candidate Sunghyun Choi won the election with 142 votes. .Yaniv, who identifies as a transgender woman, filed multiple human rights complaints against five home-based beauty salons in 2018, saying they discriminated against her gender identity for not doing a Brazilian wax on her scrotum. .READ MORE: Yaniv now suing three female beauticians who refused her a scrotum wax.British Columbia Human Rights Tribunal adjudicator Devyn Cousineau said Yaniv “targeted small businesses, manufactured the conditions for a human rights complaint, and then leveraged that complaint to pursue a financial settlement from parties who were unsophisticated and unlikely to mount a proper defence.” .The ruling ordered her to pay $2,000 to the women for improper conduct and for using human rights law to attempt to extort people. .In 2020, Yaniv was arrested after assaulting former Rebel News journalist Keean Bexte. She was later found guilty..This vote coincided with a failed referendum to raise the SFSS health and dental fees, which required a two-thirds majority to pass. The yes side received 51.6% of the vote, while the no voters claimed 48.4%. .Yaniv alleged the election commissioners rigged the vote. .“One word to Farhan Shahriar, Alan Wong, Tanishvir Singh, Nadia Ahmed, and Shayan Bombal: LAWSUIT,” she said. .Yaniv announced she was running to become the next vice-president equity and sustainability at the SFSS on Oct. 17. .READ MORE: Transgender activist Yaniv running for Simon Fraser student council.“Jessica Simpson is a queer woman who grew up in a low-income household,” she said. .“This lived experience guides my work for vice-president equity and sustainability.”
