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The Brooklyn Barber Whose Chair Is for Everyone

Dez Marshall is a barber at The Gamesman barbershop in Brooklyn, which has been serving the neighborhood for the last 50 years. Dez’s clientele is mostly the LGBTQ community, and she provides a space for people who might otherwise not have a safe place to go. Plus, she’s giving fresh cuts along the way.

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13 Replies to “The Brooklyn Barber Whose Chair Is for Everyone”

  1. Man I wish I could go to this shop. I am in the closet and if I present my barber with the haircut I really want it will be uncomfortable and scary. I live in New York even, I'm so close but of course I can't go 🙁

  3. Dez helping folks look sharp. Love it. Hope the shop is still going well after COVID.

  4. dez makes me wanna go all the way to brooklyn for a haircut,, and im in the west coast rn :’)

  5. When I’m in New York visiting my daughter and grandkids and my mother I will come to your salon

  10. Omg I’m sick of hearing about some gay people like dam people be normal holy shit, like trans people, u are born ONE gender, it doesn’t matter if u think u are the opposite gender, re ONEEEE gender

  12. THIS!!! thankyou for this video. brough a tear to my eye. this is why i'm getting into Barbering! i wanna make a space for Quuer folk and womxn who go short to feel goood :))

    thankyou Dez – you've put a fire under me

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