After she was denied medical care for a body part she didn’t even have, a transgender woman claimed she was discriminated against by a gynaecologist.
The matter grew serious as litigation was initiated and now has the world divided in opinion.
Keep reading to learn more.
Jessica Yaniv – now known as Jessica Simpson – is a Canadian transgender activist who sparked outrage in 2018 when she started filing a string of human rights complaints against beauticians who refused to manicure her man parts.
Simpson wanted a Brazilian, a treatment that removes all or part of the hair from a woman’s pubic region. The same technique involving a penis or scrotum is referred to as a “brozilian” or “manzilian” and estheticians are specifically trained for each.
Simpson, 37, still has her male genitalia but it didn’t stop her from accusing five independent beauty workers for refusing to give her a wax, 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, the Telegraph reports.
Simpson vs. beauticians
In 2019, the trans woman lost the country’s landmark discrimination case and was ordered pay $2,000 in damages to each of the three respondents who testified at the hearings.
The court also said she showed “animus toward certain racial, religious and cultural groups.”
The workers who testified were home-based estheticians, minorities who worked from their own homes, spoke little English and were forced to shutter their businesses after Simpson’s accusations.
The women performed Brazilian waxing services on their female clients but were not trained or equipped to handle male anatomy.
When a reporter at the Calgary Herald asked if she felt bad the businesses closed because of her, she replied: “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.”
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 Fire Department 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.
“Your conduct has created, among other things an inappropriate and unsafe environment for Fire Department staff. This is not acceptable to the Township and will not be tolerated going forward.”
She responded with a now deleted tweet, where she said, per the Western Standard, that she’ll “be suing the township for libel and other things.”
Simpson vs. gynecologist
Despite her many charges, including possession of a prohibited weapon, mischief, assault, and using sexualized language in communications with underage girls, Simpson – who’s several times been accused of racism – appears to be bolstered by the public scrutiny.
Most recently, she decided to go after a gynecologist’s office that allegedly told her “we don’t serve transgender patients.”
In a now deleted Instagram post, Simpson said she was “shocked.. and confused… and hurt.”
“Are they allowed to do that, legally? Isn’t that against the college practices,” she tweeted, tagging the College of Physicians and Surgeons of British Columbia (CPSBC), the group that regulates medicine in the province.
Per the Daily Mail, she then shared with her 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.”
And though she later claimed the CPSBC agreed she was discriminated against, there have been no updates since she launched the complaint in 2019.
What people are saying
“Having plastic surgery and taking artificial hormones doesn’t magically turn a male into a female. Nor does it automatically mean all OBGYN’s would be qualified to treat a man who imitates being a woman,” Kirralie Smith told Binary, a group that “pushes against harmful gender theory and the aggressive ideological agenda that comes with it.”
Smith continued, “[Simpson] needs to see a transgender specialist, not a doctor who specialises in women’s health care.”
Ricky Gervais, one of the world’s funniest and most controversial comedians also commented on Simpson’s claims: “It’s disgusting that a qualified gynaecologist can refuse to check a lady’s cock for ovarian cancer. What if her bollocks are pregnant? She could lose the baby. I’m outraged,” he tweeted.
Gervais later shared on X: “I was going to dress up as something weird and creepy for my Halloween party, but I’m bucking the trend this year and I’m going as brave female activist Jessica Yaniv. This also means I don’t have to wax my big old hairy balls.”
Trans healthcare
Medical professionals are increasingly speaking out about the critical differences between natal female anatomy and structurally different neo-vaginas – vaginas created through gender-affirming surgery – especially when it comes to routine healthcare.
What’s important, experts say, that “Anyone with a cervix, vagina, uterus, ovaries, or fallopian tubes needs regular gynecologic care, regardless of gender.”
This means someone assigned male at birth does not need the same medical care as a biological woman – or a trans man.
And, only after a trans woman has had “reconstructive genital surgery,” will she “need gynecological care for her new vulva and vagina,” explains an article titled The Importance of Transgender Gynecology.
At the time, Simpson had all her male body parts.
This issue isn’t about discrimination – it’s about clinical safety and competence.
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