Michigan salon owner refuses to serve LGBTQ community after Supreme Court ruling
A salon and beauty supply business owner in Traverse City, a Lake Michigan port city of 15,559 people in Northern Michigan declared that she will not serve anyone who identifies other than a man or a woman.
Instead she caustically noted that those persons should seek the services of a local pet groomer. In a Facebook post on her since deleted Facebook page, Christine Geiger, who stated that she is the co-owner of Studio 8 Hair Lab in Traverse City wrote: “If a human identifies as anything other than a man/woman please seek services at a local pet groomer.
You are not welcome at this salon. Period. This is America; free speech. This small business has the right to refuse services.
We are not bound to any oaths as realtors are regarding discrimination. My recent airport experience validates this. *smile with teeth*” In her Facebook post, Geiger referred to the action taken in March of this year, when Michigan Gov.
