Riyadh Khalaf (born 7 February 1991) is an Irish broadcaster, author, activist, and YouTube personality who has worked in the media industry in Ireland, Australia and the UK.
Born to Irish mother Lorraine and Iraqi father Sam, Khalaf is from Bray, County Wicklow.
[4] Khalaf featured in the 2010 RTÉ One documentary series Growing Up Gay in which he discussed coming out to his at the time Catholic mother and Muslim father.
[11] In May 2018, he began hosting a NSFW chat podcast Unexpected Fluids for BBC Radio 1 with Alix Fox.
[12] Khalaf created and uploaded Fighting for Pride: Swaziland, a documentary to his YouTube channel as part of #CreatorsForChange in 2018.
[14] Khalaf's other presenting work includes the YouTube Red event Stream #WithMe to raise money for the NHS during the COVID-19 pandemic[15] and a BBC Sounds podcast, Obsessed with... Normal People, with Evanna Lynch.