A non-binary barber says they are ready to tear up the hair industry's rulebook after their own experiences with discrimination. Keri Blue is determined to change the way Manchester’s trans and non-binary community get a haircut.
About ten years ago, they were living in Brighton and tried to get a haircut at a local barbers. Keri, who uses they/them pronouns, asked a member of staff if they could get a skin fade and was refused service. Keri said the experience still stays with them today.
“I’ll never get over being refused a haircut,” Keri, originally from West London, tells the M.E.N. “All I wanted was a skin fade - it’s something that any man could have. They said they couldn’t cut a female's hair because they weren’t insured to do so. But there is actually no such thing as being insured to cut women’s hair.”
