A conservative hair salon that vows “not to cater to woke ideologies” has pledged to turn away any potential customer who does not identify as either a man or a woman, triggering opposition from local LGBT activists and fueling online debate.
The Traverse City-based Studio 8 Hair Lab said in a now-deleted post on Facebook that, as a small business in America where free speech is the law of the land, it will refuse service to anyone it chooses to.
“This small business has the right to refuse services,” reads the post. “This is America; free speech.”
In its Instagram profile bio, Studio 8 Hair Lab describes itself as a “private CONSERVATIVE business that does not cater to woke ideologies.”…