Popular ticketing portal, BookMyShow has found itself in hot water after a customer care personnel denied a queer couple a discount, stating that only a ‘boy and a girl’ can together avail the couple’s discount. What’s worse? This was for a LGBTQ+ comedy show!
Evidently, the news is making waves on social media.
Comedian Navin Noronha, who’s a part of the comedy lineup broke the news by taking to their social media platform.
Expressing their frustration, they wrote, “I've had it till here with @bookmyshow and its incompetence. I don't know on what basis their customer care is dictating whether queer couples can enter MY show. A queer comedy lineup ffs.”
The attached screenshots detailed a customer’s experience as they called up the Customer Service and discovered that only heterosexual couples could avail the couple‘s discount.
The queer comedian also wrote in a separate post, “The person even sent me an audio recording of the call. It just breaks my heart that after striving to create an inclusive environment in comedy, some dumbf**k at a ticketing portal thinks it's cute to chime in and discourage queer couples as audiences?”
![Comedian Navin Noronha, who is part of the queer comedy show, took to social media to express their frustration.](https://images.thequint.com/thequint%2F2023-10%2F9cf2f08f-fffa-4fdd-a870-f782a6d22442%2F437963F9_BF42_45C1_925F_07C009C0CC8E.jpeg?auto=format%2Ccompress&fmt=webp&width=720)
In no time, social media erupted as several netizens criticised BookMyShow of blatant discrimination.
X (formerly Twitter) users also pointed out how hypocritical it is to position the company as an ”ally” of the LGBTQ+ community, and yet have policies which still exclude queer folk.
Check out some reactions here:
![Comedian Navin Noronha, who is part of the queer comedy show, took to social media to express their frustration.](https://images.thequint.com/thequint%2F2023-10%2Fe79e786e-019c-45ae-b739-be9e4a5cb2b7%2F2CADD835_74A2_4042_9EAD_AAFA8E5D66FE.jpeg?auto=format%2Ccompress&fmt=webp&width=720)
![Comedian Navin Noronha, who is part of the queer comedy show, took to social media to express their frustration.](https://images.thequint.com/thequint%2F2023-10%2F639d0b9e-dc31-4920-8ad9-a9140ea34f2f%2F95F4F33C_D872_40F7_800A_D48D2C5647E0.jpeg?auto=format%2Ccompress&fmt=webp&width=720)
![Comedian Navin Noronha, who is part of the queer comedy show, took to social media to express their frustration.](https://images.thequint.com/thequint%2F2023-10%2F60f2af03-862f-4c8e-a97e-39d9f97d5a33%2F84625807_FEE7_4074_B3E6_7D402CF597FC.jpeg?auto=format%2Ccompress&fmt=webp&width=720)
![Comedian Navin Noronha, who is part of the queer comedy show, took to social media to express their frustration.](https://images.thequint.com/thequint%2F2023-10%2F116bdc3d-51f6-409e-8649-6dd7ae31e7b2%2FE20ECFC6_FB3C_43AB_ACF0_BCA97C9F0F40.jpeg?auto=format%2Ccompress&fmt=webp&width=720)
![Comedian Navin Noronha, who is part of the queer comedy show, took to social media to express their frustration.](https://images.thequint.com/thequint%2F2023-10%2F7a93c6fb-dc5e-4c30-a648-6a9c2b04c980%2FAEEC7E7C_58EE_4185_B03C_3B708746C134.jpeg?auto=format%2Ccompress&fmt=webp&width=720)
![Comedian Navin Noronha, who is part of the queer comedy show, took to social media to express their frustration.](https://images.thequint.com/thequint%2F2023-10%2F5004eb93-d985-4b1a-a788-1f16bf448c9a%2F072CDC8E_4CED_44A0_B315_B1672DBF6815.jpeg?auto=format%2Ccompress&fmt=webp&width=720)
![Comedian Navin Noronha, who is part of the queer comedy show, took to social media to express their frustration.](https://images.thequint.com/thequint%2F2023-10%2F8bbca808-8a3d-44a4-8f67-6d58f0d893ee%2F3863A0B1_FBDA_48FF_83BF_E27FA11170B8.jpeg?auto=format%2Ccompress&fmt=webp&width=720)
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