The sign in the window of Russell Hughes’ hair salon in Prestatyn, North Wales, reads: “If you are racist, sexist, homophobic or an a**hole… don’t come in.”
Hughes posted it there earlier this week after a father, who has evidently never stepped foot in a hair salon, was shocked to learn that the well-dressed man about to cut his son’s hair… was gay!
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Hughes told the Daily Post: “It was a normal busy day at the salon when a man called in with his wife and child, who must have been about 10 years old. I was already with a client and so I asked my colleague Richard if he would do it.”
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That’s when the trouble began.
“The man came up to me at that point and said: ‘I’m not being funny but did you just say that lad’s going to cut my son’s hair’, to which I replied ‘yes’,” Hughes continued. “He then said, ‘Well I assume he’s gay and I don’t want him cutting my lad’s hair so could you do it’, to which I said no because I’m gay as well.”
The horrified father grabbed his son and promptly left, vowing never to return to the salon again.
The other stylist, Richard, says he could hardly believe what happened.
“You don’t expect to be treated like that in this day and age,” he said. “I’ve worked at the salon for seven years and have never experienced anything like that before.”
“I think Russell’s new sign will make sure people like that don’t come in here again.”
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Jonty Coppersmith
Bravo!
Masc Pride
Lol he won’t have any customers. That list even bans a good number of gays from entering.
Billy Budd
It is not awesome, it is aggressive. IMHO.
AtticusBennett
it’s awesome.
chstennis54
@Billy Budd: Good thing no one asked for your honest opinion.
Giancarlo85
Love it. VERY AWESOME. Not aggressive enough.
Antonio Biaggi Davila
Probably a closet case
onthemark
@Masc Pride: “That list even bans a good number of gays from entering.”
Like you? Let me guess – do you cut your own hair, using a bowl on top of your head?
GG
In the USA, this would be okay in some states as long as the stated discriminations are based on ‘deeply held religious beliefs’.
Masc Pride
@onthemark: And you, says a**holes aren’t allowed.
@Billy Budd: It is pretty aggressive, and it makes Hughes look unprofessional since he now has an expletive (though censored) plastered across his window.
polarisfashion
Nicely done! Now who will be the first jerk to claim discrimination?
Blackceo
@Masc Pride:
Beat me to it. I was gonna say something very similar.
Blazipitous
I just can’t help being an asshole. I exist to offend!
Louis
Bravo I don’t blame him that customer had no right to walk into someone’s place of business and openly discriminate against their fellow human beings.
Even more shameful is the fact that he is instilling the same narrowminded fear mongering attitude about us into his child’s mind.
DarkZephyr
If a**hole gays are banned, so be it. An a**hole is an a**hole.
xopher
Not sure if this is original… This is the same sign that is on the entrance door of The Gaythering Hotel on South Beach…
http://www.yelp.com/biz_photos/h%C3%B4tel-gaythering-miami-beach?select=HLDgdgtn_9uXCj9GJgq5RA#HLDgdgtn_9uXCj9GJgq5RA
Steve Porter
I’ve seen the homophobes, bigots and racists; they desperately need our help, but they can kiss my ass first
DuMaurier
I guess if they want to go in they’ll have to be closeted homophobes.
NoCagada
He was probably afraid some bath house trick would recognize him
scotshot
@Masc Pride:
If you’re referring to people like you, good riddance. Instead go to a Log Cabin Republican meeting and tell each other how superior you are to those “other” gays.
Giancarlo85
@scotshot: MASK Pride is always proud of his closeted uber-masculine republican identity. He loves raising himself above other gay people. He knows this sign basically rules himself out… as he’s a self hating closeted homophobe who can’t even accept his own identity.
Cobalt Blue
He will be without clients.
Saint Law
@Masc Pride: “it makes Hughes look unprofessional since he now has an expletive (though censored) across his window.”
Why so prissy, Missy? It has done nothing but good so far as his business goes. Upsurge in customers and peops wanting to have their pix taken in front of the sign.
But then the Welsh are made of hardier stuff than you. That might not be saying much. My Little Pony is made of hardier stuff than you.
Michael Machado
Add pious Christians and I’m doing the same sign !!
Louis
@Giancarlo85:
When it comes to people like that their sole purpose in life is to look down on other people and deem themselves above them as human beings.
McShane
“If you are ®acist, sexist, homophobic or basically an asshole, don’t buy this CD. I don’t care if you like me, or not. I fucking hate you” – Kurt Cobain
That is like, so totally badass, like… oh my gerd. I love this so hard.
Black Pegasus
@Masc Pride: : Unfortunately you’re right! Gay men can be just as bigoted towards people they deem different. Let the hit dogs bark! They know you are right!
Sidney Davies
This sign is going up when I get married to my best friend next year. His parents are not fans of the LGBTQ community. Even though they know I’m Pansexual and GenderQueer. Very sad. But I have no problem throwing out haters, even though it’s his blood family.
onthemark
@Sidney Davies: Be hopeful. Since you’re Pansexual, maybe your clueless future in-laws are shopping for a really nice wedding present at Williams-Sonoma.
(drumroll, cymbal crash.)
Bauhaus
@Saint Law:
“Why so prissy, Missy?”
His tutu is too damn tight. It makes him overwrought, uptight and miserable.
SteveDenver
Excellent, Richard!
If only the little boy would have turned around and said, “Don’t worry, daddy, I’m gay too!”
hyhybt
I went to a straight barber for over 30 years, so they do exist.
Clark35
@Sidney Davies: Pansexual is simply just another term for being bisexual that people who are full of internalized biphobia use. Bisexual people are attracted to trans people or people who are not “male” or “female” as well.
Masc Pride
@Black Pegasus: “Let the hit dogs bark” I like that a lot. Whole bunch of hurt b!tches in here! lol
Louis
@Masc Pride: @Masc Pride: Smh you need to grow up already your intentionally instigating comments just further prove that people like yourself need to invest in an actual life instead of acting like an elementary school child trying to poke and prod people for your own amusement or entertainment.
Pitiful.
Masc Pride
@Louis: I’ll grow up when you do; how about that? Your comments have been all about me and have absolutely nothing to do with the topic. So it’s you queens that always instigate and derail things. You, shitshot, Giancrazy and Saint Loser can follow me around all you like, these little fem team ups aren’t phasing me one bit. The four of you still can’t manage to accomplish whatever it is you guys are STRUGGLING to accomplish. Pitiful indeed!
Louis
@Masc Pride: once again you throw it off on another person.
Amazing how you intentionally continue to hold yourself accountable for your numerous trolling comments as well as disrespectful rude discriminatory and incendiary comments you continue to make here.
The comment above perfectly proves what I just said about you.
I reiterate grow up stop turning it around on someone else.
Louis
@Masc Pride: I still think they should have banned you by this point especially.
Smh intentional trouble starter.
Masc Pride
@Louis: Quit whining and find links to all these supposedly disrespectful, discriminatory, incendiary comments an send them to Queerty. Such statements would be against their Terms of Use. I’m sure they’d like to know about them:
[email protected].
While you’re at it, make sure you report yourself and all your little buddies too.
Masc Pride
*and
Giancarlo85
@Masc Pride: You seem to have some serious delusions of others on here. The only crazy one here is you, and you seem to post after I post. So who is the one being followed around? Nobody cares about how undesirable you are. So you need to go on a gay website and troll other people insulting their identity in the process.
Masc Pride
@Giancarlo85: You don’t even know what a delusion is because your behavior consistently proves everything I’ve said about you. Same thing with what McShane said about you. You tried so hard to get back at him, and you were too stupid, angry and obviously hurt to realize you were doing all the things he said you do. You follow me everywhere. I post in response to what you’ve already said about me. Every time I see you arguing with another user, I always scroll up to see who started it, and it’s ALWAYS you. I’ve even seen you attack fairly non-confrontational users. Your own behavior is proof that you just want to make everyone as miserable as you, and this is why YOU go on a gay website to troll other people while insulting their identities in the process.
Louis
@Masc Pride: I’ll do just that and seriously get over yourself already I responded to Giancarlo ABOUT you not TO you directly.
I stay on point you can only fabricate bs and lie over and over again as usual trying to paint yourself as if you were some kind if saint when that is anything BUT the truth here.
You can’t respond with anything mature either even your whining comment proves without a shadow if a doubt how immature you really are.
Grow up and lose the ego already.
Masc Pride
@Louis: “I responded to Giancarlo ABOUT you not TO you directly.”
Thanks for finally admitting you’re a giant pu55y. And let me know how that little complaint works out!
Louis
@Masc Pride: I feel sorry for your parents you ‘re an embarrassment as a human being much less a gay man.
I reiterate what I’ve said over and over again “child” g r o w u p.
Pitiful as always smh.
Geneva
Aggressive would be punching the guy in the throat and drop kicking him out the door. I would say this was overly passive. Koodos!!
Gilliflower
@Masc Pride: Because being human being with common decency is so so hard, apparently.
Rissa
@Clark35: pansexuality is not the same as bisexuality they are similar but not at all the same thing. Bisexuality is when you are attracted to two different genders but only two no matter what the genders are. Look at the prefix of the word itself bi- meaning two. Now pansexuality is different. When a person is Pan it does not matter what gender someone is. Weather they are male, female, gender queer, transitioning from one gender to another, or any of the gray area in between those. Pan is the prefix meaning all. Meaning a person’s attraction to someone is not based on what gender they are. So before you try and denounce the sexuality of one group by saying it is the same of another stop yourself and do some research. You have no right to tell someone what they feel is wrong or not real and that is exactly what you did. Everyone needs to stop. We’re one community that is consistently fighting against itself and everyone else. We devalue others in the community and try to take away their ability to self identify and it’s crap. It’s time for people to open their eyes and realize that no one is less than anyone else. No one deserves to be treated as less or made to feel that way.
wooperello
@Black Pegasus: You’re one to talk about people being bigoted you’re one of the most biphobic people i’ve seen on this website you keep claiming bi males are just gay even though there are plenty of studies proving male and female bisexuality both exist you’re one of the most bigotted people i’ve ever seen… Lol.
wooperello
@Black Pegasus: you are the defintion of bigottry