Woke Music Festival Promoters Sell Discount Tickets to LGTB & Non-Whites

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https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10668319/Music-events-firm-Ape-X-accused-discrimination-inclusivity-ticket.html

A music events firm has been accused of 'discrimination' after attempting to charge 'straight white males' more for tickets

Electronic music label and events firm Ape-X offered discount tickets for non-males, ethnic minorities, people from the LGBTQ+ community and those on 'low income' for a techno music event in Newcastle

But the so-called 'inclusivity' tickets for the May 21 event have been slammed by some social media users, who claim the tickets are 'discriminatory'.

Some social media users have even gone so far as to brand the ticket policy 'racist' and the events firm 'woke'.

Others have also asked how Ape-X plans to enforce the policy, adding: 'How do they prove you're LGBT?'.

But some have backed the ticket policy, describing it as an example of 'positive discrimination' and that it is helping to 'balance existing imbalance'.

Meanwhile, Ape-X has since changed the ticketing scheme, which now simply has a first, second, third and fourth release option - depending on when a person buys a ticket.

The row came after Ape-X released their first batch of tickets for their techno music 'party' night at the World Headquarters nightclub in Newcastle on May 21.

But the ticket policy ignited a social media storm after the club offered them at a cheaper price for those from minority groups.

Their ticketing link showed the criteria to buy 'inclusivity' entry as being 'non-male, ethnic minority, LGBTQ+ and low income'.

However the price of £6.77 was £2.26 lower than the 'early bird' option, which was also on sale.

Under such a ticketing policy, a straight white man would instead have to pay £9.03 to attend the event - headlined by Chaos in the CBD.

And this led to widespread outrage on social media about the unequal fees