Sabah is a reluctant activist on most things trans, brown and hairy. Sabah co-founded Trans Pride Brighton in 2013, winner of the Best Trans Event in Brighton (2014, 2015) and nominated for Best Trans Event at the National Diversity Awards (2016). They have worked with queer, trans and non-binary youth since 2014 from Brighton to London, and formed networks for LGBTQ POC Youth Workers and Young People across the UK as one of the co-founders Colours Youth Network.

Sabah has published ‘Inclusivity: Supporting Black, Asian, Minority Ethnic (BAME) Trans People’ and in 2015, Sabah made it onto The Rainbow List celebrating 101 of the most influential LGBT people in Britain and spoke about being ‘Brown, Trans, Muslim and Proud’ at TEDxBrixton, which has hit over 50K views.

Since then, Sabah has been featured at pride festivals worldwide, from Toronto to Brussels, creating an established presence in the European LGBTQIA+ community and within trans organisations, including TGEU and ILGA-Europe.

Sabah is currently based in Greater London, UK, working as a proud trans youth worker with Gendered Intelligence,  psychotherapist in training within BAME/POC LGBTQ communities and a trustee with the Inclusive Mosque Initiative, creating safe and sacred places of worship for inclusive Islamic principles.

Sabah is the winner of the Gay Times Future Fighters Honour 2021 and the National Advisor for LGBT Health Award 2022. Their book ‘Supporting Trans People of Colour: How To Make Your Practice Inclusive’ with Jessica Kingsley Publishers is out now.

Their top three passions right now: talking to houseplants, fostering cats, and taking selfies from bad angles.