Beyond the Binary: A South Asian Heritage Celebration

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17:30-18:15: Welcome drinks

18:15-19:00: In conversation with Asifa, including a special performance

19:00-20:30: Networking 

About Asifa

Asifa came into the national spotlight in 2014 when she was censured 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. She made her acting debut in the Iris Prize 2022 winner, Queer Parivaar directed by Shiva Raichandani. The same year she featured in the BAFTA TV nominated Always, Asifa which documented the lead up to her gender affirming procedure for Together TV’s Diversity Film Fund 2022. Asifa's impassioned activism on intersectionality, race, sexual orientation, gender, disability and religion has led her to speak at prestigious institutions such as the Lost Lectures, Channel 4 Diversity Festival, Women of the World Festival, the British Library and the Oxford Union.

She has also been the face of Channel 4's 2016 diversity campaign, 'True Colour TV' as well as one of the ambassadors for 'Open Letters to Queer Britain', a project that created the UK's first LGBT+ museum, Queer Britain. Asifa is 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.