Panel Event: Taking Creative Action Against Prejudice

Join myself (Matt), Peter Tatchell, Asifa Lahore, Khakan Qureshi, Sohail Ahmed and Aria Alagha for a panel discussion about creative activism against the prejudice towards British Muslims who are presumed, through a narrow interpretation of Islam, to be sexually deviant or transgressive.

Thursday 21st April

6.45pm

FREE WORD LECTURE THEATRE
60 FARRINGDON ROAD
LONDON EC1R 3GA

Organised by Rachel Maggart and Quilliam Foundation as part of the exhibition “Unbreakable Rope – An Exploration of Sexuality in Islam”, the evening will draw on the experience of writers, social workers, politicians and human rights campaigners who protest the stigma and limits to free expression placed on LGBT Muslims in the UK.

Tickets (only £5) for this panel event available here:

https://www.freewordcentre.com/events/detail/creative-action

More info here about the panelists:

http://www.unbreakablerope.com/panel/

More info about “The Unbreakable Rope” exhibiton:

http://www.unbreakablerope.com/

Free Word Centre, Farringdon, London

In addition to participating in this week’s panel event, Matt was the subject and narrator of Lisa Bretherick’s “Lost in Memory” multimedia photo essay which is on display at the Free Word Centre for the duration of the exhibition.