Quebec Hair Salon Ordered to Pay $500 to Non-Binary Person Over Website’s Gender Options

Quebec Hair Salon Ordered to Pay $500 to Non-Binary Person Over Website’s Gender Options
The Longueuil, Que., provincial courthouse is seen on April 22, 2024. The Canadian Press/Sidhartha Banerjee
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Quebec’s Human Rights Tribunal has ordered a hair salon to pay $500 to a non-binary person, who said they were harmed after the salon’s website offered only male and female options.

The tribunal ordered Station10 hair salon in Longueuil, Que., to pay damages to Alexe Frédéric Migneault after ruling Migneault was the victim of discrimination.

Migneault went online in 2023 to book an appointment for a haircut at the Station10 hair salon, according to tribunal documents. The online form asked Migneault to specify whether the service would be for a man or a woman.