A queer-led nonprofit providing free, gender-affirming haircuts and mutual aid to LGBTQ+ folks in San Diego.

 

This work started long before the collective had a name. Sarah has always created gender-affirming styles behind the chair, but in 2021 she was invited by her friend Shannon Finn to offer free haircuts at San Diego Pride. What was expected to be a handful of cuts quickly turned into something much bigger. The list kept growing, and the team worked nonstop, leaving covered in sweat and hair, completely exhausted and completely fulfilled.

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The following year, Sarah returned with her newly opened space, Black Dagger Hair, offering free cuts both days of the festival. What began as a single event continued to grow.

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Now, Black Dagger Community Collective hosts multiple free haircut events throughout the year and maintains a community care cabinet outside the salon stocked with food and personal care items.

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This is about more than just services. It’s about building a network rooted in care, dignity, self-expression, and solidarity. One haircut, one resource, one act of love at a time.

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As the collective grows, the vision expands with it, including projects like a community garden for fresh food access and a relief fund to help cover essential bills.

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Follow along as this work continues to build toward collective liberation.