Ramadan was picked as the grand marshal of the Vancouver Pride Festival 2016, for his work supporting LGBTQ-identifying refugees and newcomers.[3][4] He was awarded the Social Activist StandOut Award by the Vancouver Pride Society,[5] and was picked as one of the 25 Top Immigrants to Canada in 2017 by Canadian Immigrant[6] He speaks publicly about issues related to gay Syrian refugees[7] and he writes a bi-weekly column for Daily Xtra.[8]