Hair stylists across Southern California are leading the charge in centering LGBTQ+, nonbinary and gender-nonconforming people, at a time when gender-affirming care is being challenged nationwide.
CSUSB grad student Savannah Hull smiles in a mirror as she sees her new hair style cut by stylist Emily Castaneda of Gods and Heros Salon of Riverside during the second annual Queer Cuts at Santos Manuel Student Union Conference Center on the Cal State San Bernardino campus in San Bernardino on Wednesday, Oct. 18, 2023.
Stylist Lujuana Woods of Beauty For Ashes braids CSUSB student Krissy Flamer’s, she/her, hair during the second annual Queer Cuts at Santos Manuel Student Union Conference Center on the Cal State San Bernardino campus in San Bernardino on Wednesday, Oct. 18, 2023. Stylist Emily Castaneda of Gods and Heros Salon of Riverside styles the hair of CSUSB grad student Savannah Hull during the second annual Queer Cuts at Santos Manuel Student Union Conference Center on the Cal State San Bernardino campus in San Bernardino on Wednesday, Oct. 18, 2023.
Advocates hope people in these diverse communities know that there are resources available, especially if they are a person of color, queer or trans — groups that are historically underserved in health care and within the beauty industry, they say., took part in a recent event in the Inland Empire that provided free gender-affirming haircuts and styles for college students.
Stylist Lujuana Woods of Beauty For Ashes, left, gets a hug from CSUSB student Krissy Flamer, she/her, after completing her new hair style during the second annual Queer Cuts at Santos Manuel Student Union Conference Center on the Cal State San Bernardino campus in San Bernardino on Wednesday, Oct. 18, 2023. , founded Queer Cuts on campus in 2022, where nearly 80 students received free haircuts, braids or locs.
Stovall said that getting services can be “really tough,” especially for queer and transgender people, because “just doing things that align with your gender identity can be really scary for folks.” “People are looking for specific queer stylists within Orange County, and there’s not a lot of spaces for that,” McCarthy, 30, said. “The biggest thing I love about my job is being able to help people match their outside appearance with the way that they feel on the inside.”
“Hair holds trauma, in my opinion,” Farrell said. “Anytime I felt like I needed to start anew, I’ve shaved my head and that helps me embrace a new chapter in life. I wanted to really break the binary in hair, because hair doesn’t have a gender.”
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