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Always, Asifa: Film screening and after-talk
6 July, 2023|19:30 - 20:30
Asifa Lahore is a drag artist, pushing the boundaries of what it means to be LGBT, South Asian and Muslim.
Asifa came into the national spotlight in 2014 when she was censored by the Birmingham Central Mosque from discussing Islam and Homosexuality on BBC Free Speech.
Asifa featured in Channel 4’s groundbreaking documentary Muslim Drag Queens in 2015. That same year, she received the Attitude Magazine Pride Award for activism and increasing visibility of the ‘Gaysian’ community.
Asifa is an impassioned activist on intersectionality, race, sexual orientation, gender, disability and religion. She is also a performer, host, singer and DJ. She performs in clubs, theatres and venues in the UK and internationally.
Asifa is also passionate about disability rights. She is severely sighted and suffers from Retinitis Pigmentosa, a rare genetic eye disease which causes progressive sight loss.
Asifa is a proud transgender woman and continues being a voice for intersectional Britain.