Have you heard the one about the man who was refused a "pink" drink for women at the bar so sued a brewery for sex discrimination?
Dr Thomas Bower ordered a Pink IPA at a Brewdog pub in Cardiff, which was priced at 20% less than the brewer's Punk IPA to highlight the gender pay gap.
Instead he was offered the more expensive drink for £5 – as the £4 IPA was aimed at women. He was only given the cheaper ale after telling staff he "identified as a woman". He complained about his experience in March 2018 to the craft ale brewery, before taking the firm to a small claims court.
The software engineer from Cardiff won his sex discrimination case, landing £1,000 in damages. Bower said: "(I) felt forced to lie about my sex in order to receive the product at the lower price."
Judge Marshall Phillips said: "Dr Bower would have felt 'humiliated' and was directly discriminated against."
Bower donated the money to charity.
