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“Not for men sorry,” Poyer answered over Facebook.

“I’m actually female. I transitioned a while ago,” she replied. But when she inquired what time she could schedule a visit, there was no response.

The complainant tried to call the tanning salon where Poyer worked the next day, but Poyer declined to engage in any further conversation.

She subsequently filed a complaint with the human rights tribunal against Poyer, Poyer’s boyfriend and the Mint Tanning Lounge alleging discrimination on the basis of gender identity or expression.

Poyer has insisted through her lawyers that she did not have the supplies or training to wax male genitalia (a “Manzilian”).

But the complainant, who can only be identified by the initials “JY,” said the wax job she was seeking was a Brazilian and would not have involved touching genitalia.

“JCCF chose to play their own narrative here.”

She added that she felt she was being harassed by Poyer’s lawyers because they were seeking to make public her identity.

In a news release Monday, the JCCF confirmed Poyer’s lawyer, Jay Cameron, was planning to file an application to lift the confidentiality requirements as the complainant identifies as a woman in public and on the internet and there was “no valid reason” to keep her identity shielded.

It also stated that Cameron had retained an expert to testify that male waxing requires a different technique and supplies compared to Brazilian waxing jobs for women.

The complainant said she has since gone through a one-hour mediation with the tribunal and owner of the tanning lounge during which the owner, who did not immediately respond to the National Post’s request for comment, agreed to develop policies to prevent such incidents from happening again.

“I want to make sure steps are taken so it doesn’t happen to another person out there,” she said.

JY has over a dozen human rights complaints still pending against other salons from Vancouver to Abbotsford.

• Email: dquan@postmedia.com | Twitter: dougquan