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"When might a gift certificate for a free men’s haircut not be honoured? In one case, when the customer is a woman. Armed with a voucher for a free haircut she won in a silent auction at the end of June, 38-year-old Lyla Miklos went into the Westdale Barber Shop Wednesday afternoon. She took a seat in the King Street West shop, pulled out a book and waited for her turn. The barber, who was cutting another customer’s hair, asked how he could help her. Miklos, who identifies as a queer, feminist and a labour activist, was shocked when he told her the shop is for men only. “Even if I want to get a men’s cut? You’re joking, right?” she asked the barber. “Emotionally, I was very angry and slightly hurt,” she said, noting she’s had short hair her entire adult life and has been to other barbershops in the area. “I didn’t want to cut her hair,” said Phil Angemi, who’s owned the Westdale Barber Shop for the past 12 years. “That’s my reason.”Angemi said men come from Welland, Toronto and Ottawa to get their hair cut at his shop, and they anticipate a women-free atmosphere. He said it’s partly about tradition. Miklos, in an effort to prevent the same hurt and embarrassment she felt, has contacted the Westdale BIA, Councillor Brian McHattie and MPP Ted McMeekin. She says she’s also in the midst of filing a complaint with the Ontario Human Rights Tribunal.
“There’s a barber out there who really needs some sensitivity,” she said, adding she’d like an apology and for the barber to undergo anti-oppression training. She also suggested he could offer free haircuts to women in need or make a donation to a sexual assault centre."
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source"When might a gift certificate for a free men’s haircut not be honoured? In one case, when the customer is a woman. Armed with a voucher for a free haircut she won in a silent auction at the end of June, 38-year-old Lyla Miklos went into the Westdale Barber Shop Wednesday afternoon. She took a seat in the King Street West shop, pulled out a book and waited for her turn. The barber, who was cutting another customer’s hair, asked how he could help her. Miklos, who identifies as a queer, feminist and a labour activist, was shocked when he told her the shop is for men only. “Even if I want to get a men’s cut? You’re joking, right?” she asked the barber. “Emotionally, I was very angry and slightly hurt,” she said, noting she’s had short hair her entire adult life and has been to other barbershops in the area. “I didn’t want to cut her hair,” said Phil Angemi, who’s owned the Westdale Barber Shop for the past 12 years. “That’s my reason.”Angemi said men come from Welland, Toronto and Ottawa to get their hair cut at his shop, and they anticipate a women-free atmosphere. He said it’s partly about tradition. Miklos, in an effort to prevent the same hurt and embarrassment she felt, has contacted the Westdale BIA, Councillor Brian McHattie and MPP Ted McMeekin. She says she’s also in the midst of filing a complaint with the Ontario Human Rights Tribunal.
“There’s a barber out there who really needs some sensitivity,” she said, adding she’d like an apology and for the barber to undergo anti-oppression training. She also suggested he could offer free haircuts to women in need or make a donation to a sexual assault centre."
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