Ontario Court Awards Transgender (Bio Male) $35,000 After Women’s Salon Refuses “Male Waxing Services”
A Canadian transgender (biological male) was awarded $35,000 from an Ontario tribunal after a women’s salon refused “male waxing services.”
According to Canadian media, Mad Wax Windsor refused to wax the transgender individual’s legs six years ago. The owner of the salon insisted he didn’t have a staff member trained to provide “male waxing services.”
The owner of the salon, Jason Carruthers, called the ruling “deeply flawed” and vowed to challenge the decision, CBC News reported.
The transgender, only identified under the pseudonym A.B., filed a human rights complaint at the Ontario tribunal and an adjudicator took his side after he claimed the salon owner told him his staffers are not comfortable providing services to “someone like you.”
Carruthers denies he ever said that to the transgender person.
