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Defend women in court against transgender activist
The Justice Centre is defending Canada Galaxy Pageants, a beauty pageant for women and girls based in Toronto, against serial complainant Jessica Yaniv (also known as Jonathan Yaniv and Jessica Simpson).
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In 2019, Yaniv, born a biological male, and having not yet completed sex reassignment surgery, applied to be a contestant in the Pageant.
The Pageant accepted women as contestants, and also accepted fully transitioned transgender individuals who no longer have male genitals.
All of the contestants, including girls as young as six, change their clothing and undress in common areas.
No males, including contestants’ fathers, are allowed in that space, to protect the privacy and comfort of the contestants.
Yaniv is seeking $10,000 in court for hurt feelings and harm to dignity, alleging discrimination based on gender identity, gender expression, and sex.
Yaniv previously filed more than 16 human rights complaints against various British Columbia estheticians who refused to wax Yaniv’s genitals.
In October 2019, the B.C. Human Rights Tribunal dismissed Yaniv’s human rights complaints against several Vancouver-area estheticians who were represented by the Justice Centre.
The Tribunal specifically found that “Yaniv’s predominant motive in filing these waxing complaints “is not to prevent or remedy alleged discrimination, but to target small businesses for personal financial gain.”
The Justice Centre has requested the complaint against Canada Galaxy Pageants be dismissed; a hearing is expected in 2021.
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“Biological women and girls must continue to have the freedom to associate with other biological women and girls in activities that serve their unique interests and needs as females.” – JAY CAMERON, JUSTICE CENTRE LITIGATION DIRECTOR