Sabah choudrey

Sabah Choudrey is an award-winning reluctant activist on most things trans, brown and hairy.

Sabah’s community organising started when they lived in Brighton, attending Sussex University. Here, they co-founded Trans Pride Brighton in 2013, the first trans pride event in the UK, winner of the Best Trans Event in Brighton (2014, 2015) and nominated for Best Trans Event at the National Diversity Awards (2016).

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 99K 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 has proudly served trans youth at Gendered Intelligence for 10 years as a Senior Youth Work Practitioner, leading the UK’s only TPOC Youth Service, and is the co-founder and Director of Colours Youth Network supporting LGBTQ POC young people and youth workers in UK. As of 2023, they were invited on as a Director at Middlesex Pride, a local LGBTQ grassroots event, the first of it’s kind serving the boroughs of Middlesex.

Sabah is currently based in West London, UK, where they were the primary carer for their father who had a lung disease and dementia, introducing Carer to their identity and becoming a Dementia Friend. After his passing in 2020, grief became a routine part of Sabah’s life and practice, who now identifies as a griever.

With a background in PGDip Person-Centered Psychotherapy and BSc (Hons) Psychology, Sabah has provided counselling services for LGBTQ and POC communities for over 4 years with NAZ Project. More recently, Sabah has taken on the role of Artist Wellbeing and Care Practitioner supporting LGBTQ theatre-makers, cast and crew, having worked with award-winning queer theatre production company Milk Presents and performance artist Krishna Istha.

Sabah is a graduate of the Impetus Leadership Academy 2023, and stands as Vice Chair for the Board of Trustees with the Inclusive Mosque Initiative, creating safe and sacred places of worship for inclusive Islamic principles.

Sabah was chosen for the Diversity Power List 2024/25, recognising 50 of the most influential DEI champions across the UK. They are the winner of the National Advisor for LGBT Health Award 2022, and the Gay Times Future Fighters Honour 2021 both recognising their work with trans youth and POC communities. 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.