Barber refuses to cut hair of trans man

A barber in California refuses to cut the hair of openly out trans army veteran.

Kendall Oliver had booked to have his hair cut at the barbers but when he turned up Richard Hernandez, owner of the barbershop in Rancho Cucamonga, turned the veteran away based on religious grounds.

When Hernandez turned Oliver down he said they don’t cut women’s hair.

When Oliver told Harnandez that he identifies as male he was told: “It doesn’t matter ma’am, we still won’t cut a woman’s hair.”

“I don’t think that’s how someone should be discriminated against, whether they identify as male or female or transgender,” said Oliver. “A person is a person.”

Speaking to CBA-LA, Hernandez says: I have religious convictions that prevent me from cutting women’s hair.”

Hernandez says he is a member of the Church of God and that he cannot cut the hair of a woman, “even if they identify as a man.”

“I value the constitution we have in this country and I hope it upholds for me as well as others.”