Drag Up! 2.0 Documentary Screening (English & Mandarin) 28/11/2026

Do you know that racism still exists within LGBTQIA+ communities, even in spaces often perceived as “safe”?

In our recently published report, How Are We Doing in London? - A Report on the Lived Experiences of Chinese LGBTQIA+ Diaspora from Mainland China Vol. 1, 37% of participants reported feeling uncomfortable or overlooked because of their racial and ethnic identities in LGBTQIA+ spaces.

One participant shared:

“After the drag show, the person I was dating (who was White), her friends, and the drag queens all stayed to socialise…... There were hardly any East Asian people there, and I could really feel myself being overlooked during the conversations. On top of that, everyone was speaking English so fast that I couldn't keep up or find a chance to join in. At that moment, I realised that even in a so-called queer safe space, it was still dominated by White people, and ethnic minorities were being marginalised.”

On the final day of our “The Freedom to ____” exhibition, join us for a screening of the documentary Drag Up! 2.0. Through performance-making, the film invites us to explore what it means to de-Westernise and decolonise drag, and how performance can become a way of building community.

Join us to reflect, connect, and imagine how we can build safer queer spaces together.

🎞️ About the documentary

Drag Up! 2.0 | 68 mins | Mandarin & English with Simplified Chinese & English subtitles

“Drag Up!拽起来！” returned for its second season in the summer of 2025. Bringing together seven queer Chinese-identified individuals in London, the project set out to explore how drag can be de-Westernised and decolonised.

This documentary invites you behind the performances and into the process, the conversations, experiments, challenges, and connections that shaped the project.

Content Warning

This documentary contains material that some viewers may find sensitive or triggering. Themes and elements include: fake blood, textile representations of human organs, discussions of race, strong sexual language and imagery, and descriptions of child abuse. Viewer discretion is advised.

内容警告

本片包含可能引起部分观众不适的内容，包括：假血，以纺织品表现的人体器官，有关种族的讨论，强烈的性语言与性意象，关于儿童虐待的描述。请酌情观看。

📅 Date & Time: 2pm-4pm, Saturday 28 November

📍Location: Basement, The Outsiders Gallery, 64 Stoke Newington Road, London N16 7XB

Please note the basement venue is not wheelchair accessible.

Free entry, but registration is required.