Blaise Imiolczyk  🏳️‍🌈

It’s been a tough 24 hours here, fighting hate from all around the world, all because we shared the lived experience of a young person in Scotland. We take threats and bullying very seriously here at The Social and we have been reporting those tweets #BeKindhttps://twitter.com/bbcthesocial/status/1224664146257620994 …

Don't hate the person behind this video. However, I feel that this is a misfire. In a world where there are many life & death struggles, people struggling to put food on their kids table & people dying of god awful diseases such as MND and cancer, a haircut is not a struggle.

Ritual humiliation when you're doing something that should be straightforward has a profound impact. It's demoralising, depressing and, yes, humiliating. This is one small example of the often multiple daily humiliations NB folk face. NB folk *also* face the difficulties you list

I have a gay brother who contracted HIV through deceit & has struggled with many other major issues during his life. A haircut is one of the things he has always been able to get without agenda. I get the point, but think a haircut was probably the wrong analogy to use.

It's not about being gay, it's about not conforming with accepted notions of appearance + the difficulties that brings. I'm in my 50s + have struggled wi simple things like haircuts, toilets + buying clothes because of the often terrible treatment NB folk get in these situations.