Transgender Man Sues ‘Old-School’ Barber For ‘Humiliating’ Discrimination

Remember when we talked about this previously? Now he is suing. Just an observation, she looks like a female and the barber said they ONLY cut male hair. So is this sexual orientation discrimination or gender discrimination?


A transgender man is suing a Southern California barbershop after an employee identified him as a woman and refused to cut his hair.

Rose Trevis says that she “felt very upset” after a barber at Hawleywood’s Barber Shop refused to make an appointment for a haircut because “we don’t cut women’s hair.” Trevis alleges that a second barber “examined plaintiff from head to toe” and then stated that the shop did not serve women because it is an “old-school barber shop” with the right to refuse service to anyone. When Trevis and his partner Laura Lozano objected to the discriminatory policy, the second barber said, “We don’t care…women are not even allowed in the shop.

Hawleywood’s describes itself as a “men’s sanctuary.” The company website states “You all know how distracting a woman can be and who wants a straight-razor shave with a buxom blonde in the joint?”

The lawsuit states that Trevis felt “ashamed and humiliated” by the incident.