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NEW YORK - For Ayanna Cheap Mike Gartner Jersey , getting a haircut at her local barbershop in New York City meant having to fend off unwanted advances from the barber.

"He knew that I was gay but every time I went in he would constantly hit on me and try to take me out," said Ayanna, a 22-year-old student at a New York City college who declined to give her full name to protect her privacy.

A petite girl sporting short, androgynous hair, Ayanna said she started looking online for barbers friendly to the lesbian Cheap Walt Tkaczuk Jersey , gay, bisexual, transgender (LGBT) community to avoid similar uncomfortable situations.

This is how she found Camera Ready Kutz, a barber service run by entrepreneur Khane Kutzwell that caters to the grooming needs of LGBT people in New York City and beyond.

Kutzwell, 43 Cheap Sergei Nemchinov Jersey , started cutting hair in 2007, after many of her friends in the LGBT community complained about how difficult, and at times unpleasant, it was to get a haircut at their local barbershop if one didn't conform to gender norms.

"I have complaints that are posted on my Facebook page. I just recently got one from a trans male who keeps getting called 'she' instead of 'he'," Kutzwell told the Thomson Reuters Foundation while cutting hair in her Brooklyn apartment.

Neighborhood barbershops have a reputation as strongholds of machismo Cheap Mark Messier Jersey , and can be daunting for gay women, Kutzwell said. Women complain about not getting the haircut they want or of being refused service when they ask for a short, "boy-like" do.

As her business grows, she is looking to expand beyond the walls of her apartment and open her own shop.

"What I want is to have a space where you can find all the main queer hair professionals, in one spot."

For now Cheap Ron Duguay Jersey , she cuts hair in the back room of her apartment, equipped with a bright red barber's chair, brushes laid on a wooden table, and a variety of clippers hanging on the wall.

Barbershops are usually cheaper than hair salons and use different styling techniques and tools, Kutzwell said.

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Born in Trinidad and Tobago Cheap Andy Bathgate Jersey , Kutzwell emigrated to the United States as a young child and settled with her family in New York City's seaside Far Rockaway neighborhood.

She said she grew up feeling like she belonged to both genders but her family always accepted and respected her chosen identity.

"There's a term that I made up called trans-entity (which) just means that I'm a person on this earth who continuously transitions," said Kutzwell.

In the United States and beyond, a growing movement views gender as a complex, mainly psychological phenomenon in which a person's external anatomy is no longer the defining factor.

Many of Kutzwell's customers identify as genderqueer, defined as someone who doesn't conform to gender norms. But Kutzwell said her clientele includes people from all backgrounds Cheap Adam Graves Jersey , sexual orientations, races and creeds, including members of Brooklyn's large Orthodox Hasidic Jewish community.

"You're providing a service...My personal opinion is it doesn't matter - unless you ask me - what kind of haircut I think you should get."

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Vanessa Ferrari, who won the all-around final with a score of 61.025 at the 2006 world championships, is among the seven female gymnasts representing Italy in Nanning.

Enrico said Italy is not as competitive as traditional powers such as the United States, Russia and China though Cheap Ron Greschner Jersey , the country is seeking a breakthrough in some events including floor and all-around.

""We have been training very hard and in good shape,"" said Enrico.

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by Xinhua writers Wang Fan， Yuan Yue

NEW YORK， April 17 (Xinhua) -- Locked in a cramped， dim cell， Brett Soznik， along with Annette Brown and several other team members， was trying to bypass the green laser grid that separated them from an iron gate， a potential exit.

The clock was ticking down and their hearts were pounding.

It was a Tuesday afternoon in early spring in New York City， and their goal was to find a way out of the notorious military prison where a series killer once vanished. With minutes left， an escape seemed within reach as long as they did not touch the laser beaming.

To be clear， this was not the scene of Mission Impossible and their fate would not be sealed in the cell. Soznik and his teammates were in a room escape game in OMEscape New York， a franchise game store based in China， which opened in July in midtown Manhattan.

"It's really difficult. We needed a couple of hints along the way， but it gets your brain going， you have to work as a team. So it's a lot of fun，" Soznik told Xinhua.

Escape Room is initially a point-and-click video game where players try to flee imprisonment by cracking riddles and puzzles in rooms. Real-life versions later emerged in Japan and took off around the world， especially in Asia.

"So the basic idea is you and your friends are locked inside the room， you have to observe what's going on inside. They are solving puzzles there， with clues and hints， and these will lead you to the next room. Eventually， you can successfully escape，" said 26-year-old Huang Kai， manager of OMEscape New York.

About two-thirds of customers come here to throw a surprise birthday party for their friends or with their co-workers to build camaraderie， he said.

"We work in the same company， and we are trying to find a good way to work together， find somewhere outside the office， then we can kind of team built，" Soznik said. "It was a great experience."

Many big companies， including Facebook and Google， are among the customers and a lot of stories come from their corporate events， Huang said.

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