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If you thk only metrosexuals, gay men, or triathlet would choose to go totally bare down there, thk aga. But the same n’t be said for the Black gay men and other members of the muny who regularly flock to Meeks’ shop for his cuttg expertise and the facto muny center environment he’s created the absence of an actual LGBTQ center Atlanta.
At The Gra, Meeks and his staff are providg more than jt haircuts, they’re changg the narrative about how Black gay men should expect to be treated once they enter a Black barbershop by expandg on the mol that has historilly been unwelg to gay men by makg the experience more clive. It may not e as a surprise that a barbershop that is owned, staffed, and servg a majory LGBTQ+ clientele Atlanta—a cy often referred to as the Black gay mec—but for Meeks, who holds a marketg gree, worked rporate Ameri, and tght as an adjunct profsor at Wtwood College his hometown of Memphis, TN, before openg The Gra over a ago, has all e as a betiful surprise. “I didn’t know was the gay pal.
While there are documented stori of the homophobia many Black gay men have experienced si black barbershops, Meeks, who is mascule-prentg and intifi as fluid, says his experience has been the exact oppose and do not disagree that how he prents has played a role how he’s perceived this space.
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Sanrs tells The Reckong that his experience as a client and some s as a gay barber has been ls than pleasant.
” And now he’s providg his shop as a service to betify the exterr of Black gay men across the cy while simultaneoly workg towards providg a blueprt for his clients to live their bt liv, one haircut at a time.