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November 15, 2023
A hair salon in northern Michigan is facing a discrimination charge from the state's Department of Civil Rights after its owner posted on social media earlier this year that anyone identifying as other than a man or a woman is not welcome at her business. The department claims in the charge filed Wednesday that Traverse City's Studio 8 Hair Lab violated the state's civil rights act in a Facebook post in July from its owner, Christine Geiger, by unlawfully discriminating against t...
November 15, 2023
Ben Hasty/MediaNews Group/Reading Eagle via Getty ImagesMichigan salon owner Christine Geiger faces a discrimination charge over a July 7 social media post telling trans patrons to steer clear of her shop and visit “a local pet groomer” instead, MLive reported. In a post to the Studio 8 Hair Lab Facebook page, Geiger wrote that “If a human identifies as anything other than a man/woman please seek services at a local pet groomer. You are not welcome at this salon. Period....
November 15, 2023
"You are not welcome at this salon. Period," Studio 8 Hair Lab's owner allegedly wrote in a since-deleted Facebook post.