To find out more, continue reading. Jessica Yaniv, now known as Jessica Simpson, is a transgender activist from Canada who sparked outrage in 2018 when she began filing a series of human rights complaints against beauticians who refused to manicure her man parts. She told a gynecologist that she was denied medical care for a body part she didn’t even have. The matter became serious as litigation was started and is currently dividing the world in opinion.
Simpson, 37, still has her male genitalia, but that didn’t stop her from accusing five independent beauty workers of refusing to give her a wax and demanding up to $15,000 in damages from each of them. “None of these providers had any issue with anything until I mentioned I was transgender,” the Langley, British Columbia resident told the court when she requested a Brazilian, a procedure that removes all or part of a woman’s pubic region. The same technique involving a penis or scrotum is called a “brozilian” or “manzilian,” and estheticians are specifically trained for each.
The trans woman was ordered to pay $2,000 in damages to each of the three respondents who testified at the hearings in Simpson v. Beauticians, the nation’s historic discrimination case, which was lost in 2019. The court also claimed that the trans woman displayed “animus toward certain racial, religious, and cultural groups.” The workers who testified were home-based estheticians, minorities who operated from their homes, spoke little English, and were forced to close their businesses since Simpson’s accusations.
“No, why should I feel bad? The one who was the victim here was me. The way that I see it, all women should receive the same service,” she said in response to a reporter from the Calgary Herald who asked if she felt bad about the businesses closing because of her. The women were not trained or equipped to handle male anatomy, but they performed Brazilian waxing services on their female clients.
Simpson vs. fire department
Over the next several years, the ‘activist,’ called a “prolific litigant” by one BC Supreme Court Justice – lodged complaints against beauty pageants, the RCMP (Royal Canadian Mounted Police) provincial health, and a local news network.
And then in February 2021, the Langley delivered a warning to Simpson, who reportedly made more than 30 calls for help in getting out of the bath.
“Since January 21, the Fire Department has received and responded to over 30 such calls for assistance, none of which constituted a medical emergency,” the letter to Simpson explained.
“Further, we understand that during the Fire Department attendance at your home, you have engaged inappropriate and lewd conduct towards Fire Department staff.
Among other things, your behavior has made the Fire Department staff feel uncomfortable and unwelcome. The Township does not approve of this, and it will not be allowed to continue.
According to the Western Standard, she replied with a since-deleted tweet in which she stated that she would “be suing the township for libel and other things.”