During the height of the HIV/AIDS crisis, D.C.’s Salon Roi remained open while other shops shut down due to the epidemic. But coronavirus has forced former owner Roi Barnard to put down his shears to protect himself and his community. “My goal is to take very good care of others, such as my clients at Salon Roi who are older,” the 82-year-old gay stylist told the Los Angeles Blade. “We are holding each other up and I am being as careful for them as they are for me.” According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, coronavirus is a respiratory illness first identified in a December outbreak in Wuhan, China.
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