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How A Barber Helped Change The Views Of A Bigoted Client

Comerchero added he realized he was a bigot when he first saw EJ Radford working at his hair salon in 2021. Radford is nonbinary.

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April 9, 2024 / 10:56 PM PDT

Sometimes you feel a different person after getting a haircut. But the unlikely bond at a barbershop in Temecula changed the way one client looks at the world.

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"I said to myself, I would never let this person touch me," client Jeff Comerchero said.

Comerchero added he realized he was a bigot when he first saw EJ Radford working at his hair salon in 2021. Radford is nonbinary. He has visible tattoos, piercings and a super endearing smile.

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