22 - 23 June 2025
O2 Manchester

Keri Blue, one of the speakers on the Social Stage at HairCon.

Keri Blue

Keri Blue is a trans non-binary barber from West London, currently based in Manchester.

About Keri

Since coming out, Keri spent their life experiencing discrimination. After waiting in a barbershop in Brighton to get a short haircut, they were told they couldn’t have it done because they weren’t insured to do Keri’s hair. Leaving the barbershop angry and humiliated, Keri decided at that moment to do something about it.

It wasn’t until becoming a barber that Keri noticed the sheer level of discrimination surrounding gender identity within the hair and beauty industry.

They began Hair Has No Gender during the throes of the pandemic in an attempt to eradicate this and the stigma that still comes with being trans. This idea evolved into what we know now to be Affirmation=.
They now educate all on the importance and power of a gender affirming haircut.