The grim details:
Migneault was disappointed to find that during the booking process, they were asked to select between a men’s or women’s cut and sent an email asking for accommodation.
They say they were told to just select one or the other.
“It is not fair, and it’s not legal to tell me no, since you don’t fit into my worldview, I don’t want to do anything with you, and I don’t want you as my customer,” they said.
Alexis Labrecque, the salon’s co-owner, said the policy has nothing to do with ideology. He said the business model is low-cost-high-volume, and that they only take bookings online and ask for their customers’ genders to help with scheduling.
“It takes typically takes longer for a woman’s haircut than a man’s haircut,” he said. “So we optimize our agendas accordingly. We also get, statistics for marketing.”
For Migneault, however, the lack of accommodation had a major impact.
“I was already spiraling into a huge mental health crisis, and it precipitated my, falling to complete a disability,” they said. “I was unable to work for a year and a half.”
Unable to work for a year and a half because he had to choose between a man or a woman’s haircut? Ah well – it’s Canada.
Mick Hartley 
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