Trans activist Jessica Yaniv is suing three female beauticians for close to $12,000 – a year after a human rights tribunal ruled against her complaints against the same women – for refusing to give her a scrotum wax. .Yaniv — who goes by he name Jessica Simpson — filed a suit against Sandeep Benipal, Marcia DaSilva and Sukhdhip Hehar for $11,800 on Aug. 26..In 2018, Yaniv filed a dozen legal complaints against five home-based female beauticians – including Benipal, DaSilva and Hehar – claiming they discriminated against her gender identity after they refused to perform a scrotum wax treatment..The women’s lawyer argued that none of the businesses offered that service to anyone. They also successfully argued the women, who came from various ethnic backgrounds could refuse the service based on the religion.. POLL: Many Albertans say they will ignore Christmas COVID lockdown .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 read..Tribunal member Devyn Cousineau ruled Yaniv was “motivated to punish racialized and immigrant women based on her perception that certain ethnic groups, namely South Asian and Asian communities are ‘taking over’ and advancing an agenda hostile to the interests of LGBTQ+ people.”.The ruling ordered Yaniv to pay $2,000 to the women for“improper conduct” and using human rights law as a “weapon” for “extortion.”.“The facts are, I paid the lien, the other side confirmed they received payment earlier this year in full, and they never removed the lien after they said they would. I ordered a title search, and they did not remove the lien, so as such they were sued to protect my assets,” Yaniv said in an email to Postmedia..Dave Naylor is the News Editor of the Western Standard.dnaylor@westernstandardonline.com.TWITTER: Twitter.com/nobby7694
