Studio 8 Hair Lab in Traverse, Michigan owner Christine Geiger says she is exercising her right to free speech by refusing specific customers (LGBTQ+) her services. She also compared gender-diverse people to animals, the Kansas City Star reports.
A description of the business on Instagram says it is “A private CONSERVATIVE business that does not cater to woke ideologies.”
Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer signed a bill in March that prohibits discrimination based on sexual orientation or gender identity. Geiger, who mocked Whitmer in the post, expanded on her bigotry in a comment on a Facebook post in the Overheard in Traverse City group.
I have no issues with LGB,” she wrote. “It’s the TQ+ that I’m not going to support.”
She continued, “For those that don’t know what the + is for, it’s for MAP (Minor Attracted Person aka: pedophile).”
Geiger explained that she’s taken this stance to “[e]nsure that clients have the best experienc.
This is a free country and I am not a slave to any narrative,” Geiger concluded while hoping that “more of you will see this and be inspired to stand up tall and speak your own truths and not simply let them be.”
The real question is should we retaliate?
I think that you are absolutely nuts. Where you get the fact that TQ are pedophiles?
I have an intense hatred for pedophiles and they should be put out of everyone’s misery.
The LGBTQ COMMUNITY IS NOT GOING AFTER ANY CHILDREN. I know many people who are in that life and they would never go after a kid. Perhaps you should think before you speak.