According to the Resetting the Dancefloor report from Ballantine’s True Music, gender and race were the most commonly cited reasons for someone experiencing prejudice.
Intersectional identities including gender, sexuality and race have dealt with this at an alarming rate, with 64% having dealt with it at a music event.
More generally, one in three people have experienced discrimination in this environment and 84% have witnessed it. “I have so much intersectionality to deal with,” DJ and producer Honey Dijon explained. “I deal with being queer.
I deal with being a woman. I deal with being a Black woman. I deal with being a Black trans woman. I deal with being an artist who doesn’t fit into the mainstream.