A London bar owner has cancelled a corporate booking after the company was concerned about the venue being "a gay bar".
Owner of the bar Proud Camden, Alex Proud, says he cancelled the booking from an international car company over the homophobic email.
"Some of our staff have been told Proud is a Gay bar," the email read.
“We need to know as it’s against some people [sic] religion so we will need to make them aware."
Alex Proud replied to the email saying: "I think (it's) best we cancel your visit."
“We are pretty gay and a lot of gay stuff happens here. Gay drinks, gay food, gay loos etc."
Mr Proud then posted the exchange on Twitter, with the company's name redacted and said: “So this happened. Major International car brand sent this homophobic e mail. Really shocked this still happens.”
“I get a bit alarmed about the lynchmob mentality of the internet. I sometimes feel that on the internet issues or decision can be over-simplified," he told The Independent.
“Hopefully the way that I’ve done it might not bring down a huge amount of abuse on the company’s head but might instead give them a shock and make them change something.”
Mr Proud said the reaction from the public had been supportive.
“The reaction has been lovely, because Proud tends to be an advert for inclusionary policies, we have people working here from all over the world and that makes it much more fun, and it is lovely to be recognised for that.”
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