Boomtown search to “blacklist” individuals from competition after “hate speech” in opposition to LGBTQIA+ neighborhood

Boomtown Pageant has mentioned they may “blacklist” individuals from their competition after receiving “hate speech” feedback to a put up supporting the LGBTQIA+ neighborhood.

The Hampshire competition, which says it’s a proud supporter of “the varied communities” that makes their occasion come to life, posted on June 1 to rejoice the beginning of Pleasure Month.

Nevertheless, it seems that the put up provoked numerous destructive reactions, resulting in the competition saying it’s going to take decisive motion in opposition to the individuals behind the “hateful” accounts.

There’s zero tolerance of any kind of hate speech at Boomtown.

We’re taking steps to blacklist anybody we discover spreading hateful messages from coming to the competition.

We wish to make it very clear that anybody with this sort of view isn’t welcome at Boomtown. pic.twitter.com/Y4W4NAZB8O

— Boomtown Pageant (@BoomtownFair) June 7, 2024

“Just lately, we encountered hateful feedback on a put up we shared celebrating the LGBTQIA+ neighborhood on the coronary heart of Boomtown,” they wrote. “We’re deeply happy with our stunning LGBTQIA+ crews, artists, performers and residents and we are going to wholeheartedly proceed to rejoice the varied communities that make our metropolis come to life.”

“The type of negativity we noticed on Saturday goes in opposition to every part we stand for at Boomtown,” they continued. “We sincerely apologise to those that had been focused and to anybody and everybody who was affected. We had been angered and saddened by the hateful feedback. There’s no place for that right here.”

“We now have a zero tolerance on any kind of hate speech and our workforce swiftly eliminated the offensive feedback and blocked the accounts. Sadly, additional feedback required us to disable feedback totally to guard everybody.”

“We’ve additionally created a blacklist to forestall these people from spreading hate on our platforms. The place doable, we’ll be taking steps to forestall them from attending the competition now or sooner or later. We wish to make it very clear than anybody with this sort of view isn’t welcome at Boomtown,” they concluded.

The negativity seems to have been a response to the beneath Fb put up on June 1 which celebrated the beginning of Pleasure Month. A number of feedback from the put up have been disabled.

Boomtown’s 2024 competition will happen from 7-11 August on the Matterley Property in South Downs Nationwide Park close to Winchester. The competition is understood for sustaining a excessive stage of secrecy round its lineup, proper up till the times main as much as the occasion.

No names have but been confirmed for this yr’s occasion, with the competition’s web site promising an array that “celebrates the infinite number of music from across the globe”, together with “the freshest post-punk band, dons of the reggae world, disco divas and afrobeat royalty”, in addition to “the aficionados and the underground of digital music”.

Finally yr’s Boomtown, which celebrated the competition’s fifteenth anniversary, the one act confirmed forward of the occasion was The Prodigy, though different names on the invoice ultimately included Loyle Carner, Cypress Hill, Peaches and Sister Sledge.