The recommendation will then go before Michigan’s Civil Rights Commission to either adopt or make their own ruling. Should you request to have a particular pronoun used please note we may simply refer to you as ‘hey you.'”Ī hearing will now be scheduled before an administrative law judge, who will issue a recommendation after hearing the merits of the complaint, according to the civil rights department. The post, which is no longer available, read, “If a human identifies as anything other than a man/woman please seek services at a local pet groomer. The department claims in the charge filed Wednesday that Traverse City’s Studio 8 Hair Lab violated the state’s civil rights act in a Facebook post in July from its owner, Christine Geiger, by unlawfully discriminating against three claimants. LANSING-A hair salon in northern Michigan is facing a discrimination charge from the state’s Department of Civil Rights after its owner posted on social media earlier this year that anyone identifying as other than a man or a woman is not welcome at her business.
