What Makes a Good Queer Hair Salon? In Brooklyn, a Battle Over What’s Inclusive.
10th June 2024
Step inside the Bushwick barbershop Hairrari and you’ll see a transgender flag and a shelf lined with bottles of Gay Spray leave-in conditioner.
Hairrari bills itself as a “gender-neutral barbershop” and stylists there specialize in cuts that are popular with the queer community. They encourage self-expression — the wackier the cut, the better.
“I always have clients that come in and say they want to look noticeably gay,” said stylist Ashton Wells.
I believe it. (That’s not a problem we have here in Texas.)
It’s all part of being LAME (Look At Me Everybody). Vanity of vanities, all is vanity.