I am looking for a trans friendly tattoo shop in columbus ohio to change my manly tattoo's into something more feminine
I dont want to goto shop to shop and ask.. so does anyone have any recommendations? it would greatly help.. I have alot of ink I want to feminize :)
I think if a tattoo studio is well run with professional staff; then they'll be respectful of everyone. Regardless of sexuality or gender. As tattoo artists they've seen every walk of life; nothing fazes them anymore. They're more interested in giving you the art you want; and not so much in your private life. And it's not unheard of for male presenting people to get feminine looking tattoos. I recently got to two flowers tattooed in feminine colours and the artist didn't question it.
And to add it's also necessary to find an artist who specialises in one style of art as well as who specialises in how to rework tattoos. Not all artists can do this to a high standard.
my concern is I spent a large part of my life in tattoo shops over the years many different shops all over the world and most are testosterone filled places and they are extremely homophobic as displayed by the jokes they tell there... I want a place that is safe that I am not judged for what I am..
columbus has a HUGE transgender/gay population there has to be a large number of shops somewhere here that deliver what I need one would think :P
Sorry you've had bad experiences in the past :P. I hope that's changing now as tattoos become more popular.
You could try looking on this website for tattoo studios
http://www.bigtattooplanet.com/directory/tattoo-studio