The Michigan Civil Rights Commission ordered Christine Geiger to remove Studio 8 Hair Lab's anti-transgender posts, pay legal fees, and complete civil rights training.
Ignorance and isolation can do that even to smart people. If you’re stuck in a bubble, it can be hard to even see a reason to step out.
I used to hold to some kind of biological essentalism. It seemed obvious to me that people with male physique should be considered male, people with female physique female and while I saw no problem with wanting to get their phsyique surgically and hormonally altered and was on board with respecting the wishes of people on the way to that, I (privately) believed that people weren’t “a real {gender}” until they got that “switch”. NBs, of course, were firmly outside that binary view.
Without anyone around to actually challenge that biological premise, I don’t really see how I could have broken out of it on my own. I also don’t think being smart is a prerequisite for being respectful. It’s just that I grew up with certain preconceptions and never had a reason to challenge them until someone close to me came out.
It’s the confrontation with the unfamiliar and how you handle it that separates tolerance from bigotry, but dumb people can be respectful just as smart people can be narrow-minded.
Do these idiots think all trans people are non-binary?
Yes, because the media they consume isn’t about educating them, it’s about ensuring they’ll be a piece of shit to whatever target they’re told to hate. The specifics aren’t part of the direction, in fact it’s about muddying the waters as much as possible. They targeted the Epstein Files so much that a chunk of MAGA even started to turn against their handlers because of it. Not nearly enough of them, but enough that they’re dealing with internal fighting about it. Those Epstein waters weren’t muddy enough.
They think that having a dick means your identity is a man, so if you then say “I identify as a woman” you’re really saying you’re both.
Until recently, gender has not been primarily about self-identity for a long time (at least in Western culture, I don’t want to overgeneralise) so this kind of thinking isn’t that surprising.
Good praxis to avoid any kind of TERF or bigot in th9se industries because i swear theyre always the salon owners or stylists who will give you shitty sexisy unsolicited opinions on your aesthetic and will alienate their clients and end up burning out because people who arent also assholes dont like that
Like ive met these people and the bigotry is never in a vaccuum without other dogshit opinions AND its just stupid as a business owner to turn away a paying customer.
I promise you a good stylist worth their salt would be devastated to give you a bad haircut even just accidentally… we WANT people to like our work, we want you to come back. Your hair looking good is our portfolio and word of mouth is our bread and butter. Plus a shitload of us are LGBTQ+ or allies anyways… hair is hair is hair regardless of who it is on and we are in the business of affirmation
For the record open invitation to anyone here if they want to send advice requests or ask if a style will suit them. A lot of us get into this business because making you feel good makes us feel good. Nothing makes me happier than knowing i made someone feel good about themselves.
“If a human identifies as anything other than a man/woman…"
Do these idiots think all trans people are non-binary? Transphobes are seriously the dumbest motherfuckers I swear.
Generally speaking you have to be pretty dumb to be a bigot.
Ignorance and isolation can do that even to smart people. If you’re stuck in a bubble, it can be hard to even see a reason to step out.
I used to hold to some kind of biological essentalism. It seemed obvious to me that people with male physique should be considered male, people with female physique female and while I saw no problem with wanting to get their phsyique surgically and hormonally altered and was on board with respecting the wishes of people on the way to that, I (privately) believed that people weren’t “a real {gender}” until they got that “switch”. NBs, of course, were firmly outside that binary view.
Without anyone around to actually challenge that biological premise, I don’t really see how I could have broken out of it on my own. I also don’t think being smart is a prerequisite for being respectful. It’s just that I grew up with certain preconceptions and never had a reason to challenge them until someone close to me came out.
It’s the confrontation with the unfamiliar and how you handle it that separates tolerance from bigotry, but dumb people can be respectful just as smart people can be narrow-minded.
Yes, because the media they consume isn’t about educating them, it’s about ensuring they’ll be a piece of shit to whatever target they’re told to hate. The specifics aren’t part of the direction, in fact it’s about muddying the waters as much as possible. They targeted the Epstein Files so much that a chunk of MAGA even started to turn against their handlers because of it. Not nearly enough of them, but enough that they’re dealing with internal fighting about it. Those Epstein waters weren’t muddy enough.
Well, to be fair, most people who have an issue with trans/gay people are the dumbest motherfuckers… so, yeah, seems to track.
They think that having a dick means your identity is a man, so if you then say “I identify as a woman” you’re really saying you’re both.
Until recently, gender has not been primarily about self-identity for a long time (at least in Western culture, I don’t want to overgeneralise) so this kind of thinking isn’t that surprising.
As a binary woman, hell no, I ain’t going there.
Good praxis to avoid any kind of TERF or bigot in th9se industries because i swear theyre always the salon owners or stylists who will give you shitty sexisy unsolicited opinions on your aesthetic and will alienate their clients and end up burning out because people who arent also assholes dont like that
Like ive met these people and the bigotry is never in a vaccuum without other dogshit opinions AND its just stupid as a business owner to turn away a paying customer.
I worry about getting a shit haircut from a stylist who gives me one on purpose.
I guess it’s why I haven’t been to a salon in a long, long time, even though I could benefit from it.
I promise you a good stylist worth their salt would be devastated to give you a bad haircut even just accidentally… we WANT people to like our work, we want you to come back. Your hair looking good is our portfolio and word of mouth is our bread and butter. Plus a shitload of us are LGBTQ+ or allies anyways… hair is hair is hair regardless of who it is on and we are in the business of affirmation
For the record open invitation to anyone here if they want to send advice requests or ask if a style will suit them. A lot of us get into this business because making you feel good makes us feel good. Nothing makes me happier than knowing i made someone feel good about themselves.