Trans-friendly barbershop cuts through complexity of gendered hair issues

Aaron Braun takes a seat in Jessie Anderson’s barber chair, and the two immediately get down to business.

“What are we doing?” Anderson asks as he covers Braun with a black cape, securing the collar around his neck.

“Sort of the same as last time,” Braun says, whipping a phone out of his pocket to show a few pictures of men’s hairstyles. “Not to the skin — or right to the skin. More of, like, a fade and a little longer on the top.”

As Anderson picks up his scissors and a comb, the conversation quickly turns to the weather.

“It’s