Western Standard - Trans-radical SUING us for misgendering him

00:00:00.000 Today, the Western Standard received formal legal notice of legal proceedings against

00:00:05.180 it from the radical trans-ideologist Jessica Yaniv.

00:00:09.780 This man threatens to take the Western Standard before the British Columbia Human Rights Tribunal

00:00:14.800 and launch a civil lawsuit if we do not apologize to him and change our editorial policies as

00:00:20.500 it regards his own views on gender ideology.

00:00:24.380 This guy says that by not using his made-up, preferred pronouns, we have exposed him to

00:00:29.820 quote, hatred, contempt, and ridicule.

00:00:32.800 While we certainly don't hate this man, we most certainly have extreme contempt for him

00:00:37.700 and have ridiculed him and his ideology proudly and consistently since the re-founding of

00:00:42.820 the Western Standard more than six years ago.

00:00:46.380 He alleges that our misgendering of him is a systemic, editorial posture and not an isolated

00:00:52.700 incident and that is entirely correct in fact here's our editorial policy on the matter i'm

00:00:59.340 going to quote straight from the western standard style guide quote in stories where gender and

00:01:04.780 gender identity is not relevant the preferred pronouns of the subject should be used but in

00:01:09.740 stories or gender or gender or gender identity is relevant the pronouns corresponding to their

00:01:15.820 biological sex should be used reasonable exceptions could be made with the approval of a senior editor

00:01:22.480 The Western Standard will use clear terms like male, female, man, woman, boy, and girl.

00:01:27.180 We do not use a term like cisgendered.

00:01:29.880 We'll say biological male identifying as a female or trans man identifying as a woman, for example.

00:01:35.500 We will not say trans male or trans female. 0.99

00:01:39.260 Jessica is a male because he was born with a penis. 0.96

00:01:43.300 His every instance of newsworthy coverage in the Western Standard has been directly related to his belief that he is a woman 0.98

00:01:49.380 and that other people should be compelled by the law to pretend that this is true.

00:01:55.540 Therefore, we use his real, that is, biological, sex when describing him in our news stories.

00:02:02.480 I've interviewed several transgender people over the years for stories where their sex and trans ideology is not relevant,

00:02:09.560 and so I've called them by whatever they like, because on most days at least, I like to think I'm a relatively nice guy. 0.98

00:02:15.600 But when Mr. Yaniv tried to sue some poor immigrant ladies for refusing to wax her balls, I'm less inclined to be a nice guy. 0.92

00:02:25.800 His actions are contemptible, and the Western Standard's coverage reflects that contempt. 0.97

00:02:31.200 So, in short, we are guilty. Guilty of sin.

00:02:36.700 But in a free country, we're allowed to hurt people's feelings.

00:02:40.320 In a free country, free men and women are allowed to express contempt for contemptible behavior.

00:02:46.960 In a free country, free people are allowed to disagree peacefully in the strongest of

00:02:52.000 possible terms about the emergence of a radical new political and social ideology.

00:02:57.680 We are guilty of what Jessica Yedeev says, but if the Constitution of Canada still counts for

00:03:03.440 anything, we're allowed to be guilty of it. Now comes the shameless sales pitch part.

00:03:09.600 The Western Standard does not raise money for activism.

00:03:12.800 We generally only do it for special projects,

00:03:15.320 such as expanding our coverage into new provinces

00:03:17.420 or establishing a new journalism beat.

00:03:20.520 In this case, we need to raise money for a vigorous legal defense.

00:03:25.360 If you could make a contribution to help the Western Standard

00:03:28.200 defend our freedom of speech and the freedom of the press,

00:03:31.860 I'd be very grateful.

00:03:33.480 We'll put it in the comment section below.

00:03:36.600 We've already engaged top-tier lawyers to craft our legal defense.

00:03:40.960 And here's how we're going to defend ourselves.

00:03:43.140 We will not try to weasel out of this and the charges by claiming we didn't say something offensive

00:03:47.700 or that Mr. Yaniv misunderstood what we meant.

00:03:51.440 In fact, we will gladly accept most of the allegations where they're true.

00:03:56.080 We will fight this legal case entirely on the grounds that it is our God-given right

00:04:02.060 as free men and free women to say it.

00:04:04.480 that our freedom of speech trumps his right not to be offended,

00:04:08.480 that the freedom of the press beats his right to force people to lie.

00:04:14.420 This legal case is important not just for the Western Standard,

00:04:17.760 but for the important legal and constitutional precedents that could be set.

00:04:21.820 If the Western Standard were to lose,

00:04:24.480 every single other Canadian citizen and media outlet

00:04:27.280 would be subject to the same restrictions on free speech

00:04:30.640 and requirements for compelled speech.

00:04:33.840 This is clearly unacceptable.

00:04:36.520 And even if the courts and the B.C. Human Rights Tribunal were to win,

00:04:41.080 the Western Standard will refuse to pay Mr. Yaniv one red cent.

00:04:46.240 I will be found in contempt of court and go to prison before I submit to totalitarianism.

00:04:52.560 Frankly, us facing these charges is a good thing.

00:04:56.040 It allows us to clear the air once and for all.

00:04:58.860 I hope that you will stand with us in this fight for our liberty.

00:05:02.000 We need your help. Thank you and God bless.

Western Standard - March 21, 2026

Trans-radical SUING us for misgendering him

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