Sharon Dorram might be the most hated hairdresser in New York.

The Madison Avenue colorist-to-the-stars, already facing racial discrimination charges by former workers, is now accused of making homophobic remarks.

A former salon receptionist, Ingrid Sandoval, told The Post that Dorram cruelly mocked a new transgender manager during a staff meeting in May 2017.

“Sharon turned to me and said, ‘I don’t know what that monster is doing uptown but it shouldn’t be up here whatever it is,’” Sandoval claims.

Another ex-worker said he saw similar behavior at Sharon Dorram Color at Sally Hershberger on East 71st Street, which boasts a host of celeb clients, including Meg Ryan and Kate Hudson.

“Sharon made fun of a former employee who was gay, saying things like, ‘He is becoming a woman now’ and laughing,” said Matthew Ustaev, who filed a 2018 city Human Rights Commission complaint alleging that anti-Semitism prevailed at the salon.

Sandoval said Dorram sometimes hinted that minority staff members were stealing tips, and she sent “the manager to ‘remind’ minority employees at the front desk that she had cameras,” she said.

“She never accused any white receptionists or managers of stealing the tips.”

Another point of contention was the salon’s dress code, which requires staff to wear their hair pulled back and prohibits nose rings, a policy some minority employees have called discriminatory.

Former manager David Speer, who filed the first city discrimination complaint against Dorram in 2016, told The New York Times in February that the verbal policy was disseminated in August 2015 after he hired three black receptionists.

He shared emails from Dorram complaining about the girls’ afros and dreads: “All 3 at desk and we look like we should be on E. 134th Street,” she wrote in one message.

Sandoval, who filed a HRC complaint against Dorram in 2018, said she was told not to book stylists who refused to sign a document stating the dress code was fair and had been in place for years.

Four former employees filed city complaints against Dorram and her salon between 2016 and 2018 regarding racial and religious intolerance.

Artist Kelly Cyd Schnabel, Dorram’s client of 20 years, isn’t surprised by the new batch of allegations.

She said she was banned from the salon on Feb. 27 for giving Dorram’s assistant, Emma Gomez, career advice after hearing Gomez’s complaints about her compensation and the work culture.

“I would tell her that she was a valuable person and to ask for a raise,” said Schnabel, 47, niece of renowned artist Julian Schnabel who says she spent five figures annually at the salon for herself and two daughters.

Schnabel says Dorram accused her of attempting to poach her staff to launch her own salon.

“I’m a painter! I have no background in owning a hair salon,” said the artist, whose work focuses on female empowerment. “It’s just ludicrous.”

After learning of her ban, Schnabel spoke to a salon employee who said that her client list went from 20 a day to basically “down to nothing” when she refused to sign the document claiming the dress code was longstanding.

In an email to The Post, Gomez claimed Schnabel said “she could help me make more money … if I were to leave the salon and bring Sharon’s client information.”

“Those statements are consistent with a pattern of bullying employees into saying and signing things that aren’t true,” Schnabel responded.

“In my opinion, she’s a slumlord boss. Mean and bullying … it’s the wrath of Sharon.”

Dorram’s lawyer refused to address any of the allegations, stating that it was “inappropriate it comment because it is an active proceeding.”

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