For those not in the know, the dark forces festival is an event that happens every May up in New York. Music merch and goth. For its lifetime so far, it had its share a standard challenges.

Planning for next years had already started. Merchants and bands already locked down. After the deadline, on their own social media. Two artists announced that they would be performing onstage with the band, hate department. Two artists that hadn’t been invited for their personal stances. Apparently, hate department planned to Trojan horse them into the event. Needless to say it created quite an uproar once it got out and there was a lot of push back.

But the organizers did the right thing. Dropping hate department from the event. Keeping it inclusive and tolerant. I don’t have Facebook, never have. But if you do. Good actions like this can use boosting and acknowledgement.