13 Facts About Saima Razzaq

Saima Razzaq is a British political activist and educator, co-chair of SEEDS and Head of Diversity and Inclusion for Birmingham Pride.

Saima Razzaq was born in Britain and raised in Small Heath in Birmingham.

Saima Razzaq's family moved from India to Pakistan before partition, then migrated to the United Kingdom in the 1970s from Kashmir.

Saima Razzaq is a former BBC producer, music journalist and former Head of Digital, Marketing and Communications at Robert Walters recruitment consultancy.

Saima Razzaq previously worked as Head of Content Marketing and Social Media at HomeServe.

Saima Razzaq is well known for her activism on race, gender, racism and LGBT+ rights in the United Kingdom.

Saima Razzaq is a founding member and co-chair of SEEDS, which was formed by teachers as a 1,000-member network in response to protests against LGBT inclusive education outside schools in Birmingham, specifically the No Outsiders programme created by school teacher Andrew Moffat.

In May 2019, Saima Razzaq jointly led Birmingham Pride alongside Moffat and several LGBT Muslims, making her the first Muslim woman to lead a Pride parade in the UK.

Saima Razzaq has voiced her support for decolonising the national curriculum and LGBT spaces to make them more inclusive.

Saima Razzaq has praised UK Black Pride as a model for LGBT events.

In October 2021, Saima Razzaq spoke out against an increased number of homophobic attacks in Birmingham, and continues to campaign against hate crime.

Saima Razzaq was due to give a lecture on intersectionality, inclusivity and diversity as an official representative of Birmingham Pride during LGBT History Month but was unable to do so.

Saima Razzaq did not come out to her family until she was 29.