World Suicide Prevention Day
byToday is World Suicide Prevention Day. Is today the day you reach out and ask for help? Is today the day you send that…
Our mission is to never let religion, any religion, come in the way of the unconditional love between parents and their children
Foundation joins Coronation Street for Manchester Pride
byCoronation Street made headlines throughout this year for its groundbreaking lesbian Muslim storyline, inspired in part by our very own Naz and the experiences…
Pride In London: 48 Volunteers march with Naz and Matt Foundation
byNaz and Matt Foundation and 48 fabulous volunteers marched through the streets of the UK capital for London Pride on Saturday the 7th of…
HARM – Honour Abuse Research Matrix Network Launches
byThursday 5th July saw the launch of the much needed HARM – The Honour Abuse Research Matrix Network at the University of Central Lancashire….
Foundation’s response: Banning ‘gay cure’ therapies under the ‘LGBT action plan’
byNaz and Matt Foundation was interviewed by BBC News 24 about the UK Government’s announcement to ban so called ‘gay cure therapy’ (also called ‘conversion therapy’).
Will a UK ban on gay conversion therapy work?
byWriting for NewStatesmen, Precious Adesina interviews Matt about ‘gay cure therapy’ and the need to criminalise it. ‘Late in 2017, an assistant pastor in…
Religious homophobia is something that we all need to be more aware of
by“There is help out there for people who are suffering from religious homophobia. Matthew Mahmood-Ogston is the founder and trustee of a charity called…
July Support Meetup for Religious Parents & LGBTQI+ Individuals
byThis session will be a very important date as it will mark exactly 4 years to the day that my darling Naz sadly passed…
Foundation delivers moving speech at Birmingham Gay Symphony Orchestra anniversary concert
byBirmingham Gay Symphony Orchestra is one of only three LGBTQ+ orchestras in the UK and is made up of musicians who identify as LGBTQ+…
A gay Muslim who took his own life has inspired a Coronation Street storyline
by“A Coronation Street actress took inspiration for her role from the real-life story of a gay Muslim man committing suicide in 2014. Bhavna Limbachia…
Actress Shelley King gives her support to Naz and Matt Foundation
byThe Coronation Street actress recently gave her support to Naz and Matt Foundation during a live broadcast of ITV’s This Morning (April 18th 2018)….
Coronation Street’s Bhavna Limbachia: Lesbian storyline aims to educate people
byCoronation Street star Bhavna Limbachia has said the Kana storyline is not there to offend people but to educate and spark conversation. The actress…
Matt and Bhavna Limbachia on BBC Breakfast talking Corrie and religious homophobia
byCoronation Street’s Bhavna Limbachia and Matt were invited in to talk about the hard-hitting Rana + Kate storyline currently in the soap, and its…
BBC Asian Network’s Qasa Alom interviews Matt about ‘coming out’ to religious parents
byWhat should a young gay person do if they struggling to ‘coming out’ their family?
His boyfriend of 13 years committed suicide – now he’s fighting back
byI talk to Gay Star News about losing my darling Naz, the impact of honour based abuse on the LGBTQI+ community, and our Foundation’s…
Advice for parents struggling to accept their LGBTQI+ children – BBC Asian Network
byBBC Asian Network invited me in to talk about our progress over the last four years since my darling Naz passed away. What have…
Matt delivers keynote talk at University of Birmingham Medical School event
byAs part of LGBTHistoryMonth 2018 I am proud, and incredibly humbled to be invited by the University of Birmingham Medical School (where my darling Naz trained…
Muslim Pride
byMuslim PRIDE details the struggles faced every day by LGBTQI+ Muslims who are often at times unable to come out to their own parents and communities.
Walsall College celebrates Equality and Diversity Week with Naz and Matt Foundation
byWalsall College invited Naz and Matt Foundation in to deliver three talks to their students as part of their 2018 Equality and Diversity Week….
Documenting a celebration of life – Lisa Bretherick
byProfessional portrait photographer Lisa Bretherick talks about her work documenting Naz’s memorial service held three weeks after he passed away. Her incredibly moving photographs…
Salim’s Secret now available – An illustrated LGBTQI+ children’s book
byWe are incredibly pleased, and proud, to announce that we are the official UK publishers of the UK Edition of Salim’s Secret. This beautiful…
‘Marriages of Convenience’ in the LGBTQI Community – BBC Radio WM
byWhy do some individuals who identify as LGBTQI feel like they have no choice but to hide their sexuality and get married to ‘please’…
‘Marriages of Convenience’ in the LGBTQI Community – BBC Look North
byWhy do some individuals who identify as LGBTQI feel like they have no choice but to hide their sexuality and get married to ‘please’…
Voices: Transgender and Muslim
byI have known I was born into the wrong body for a long time and still have a long way to go until I become the person I am on the inside, externally.
Official music video for ‘Be The Man’, the story of Naz and Matt
byUpdate: Be the Man was shortlisted for the “Best Original Track of 2017” at the BBC Folk Awards. And the the album it the song…
Matt meets folk group The Young’uns, who wrote song about Naz and Matt [video]
byIn August 2017, Teesside folk group The Young’uns embarked on a journey to meet the people who inspired the songs on their forthcoming album,…
‘Pray the Gay Away’ [video]
byEarlier this year we backed a campaign to petition the government to criminalise ‘Gay Cure Therapy’. However before it reached its target of 100,000…
Foundation meets with UK Home Secretary and presents case for criminalising ‘Gay Cure Therapy’
byYesterday I had the opportunity to meet face-to-face with the UK Home Secretary, Amber Rudd, at Karma Nirvana’s offices in the north of England….
Support group for religious Parents and LGBTQI+ individuals
byWe are pleased to announce our new face-to-face support group to help bring Parents and LGBTQI+ (lesbian, gay, bi-sexual, trans, queer/questioning and intersex) individuals,…
Naz remembered: 3 Years in darkness
byMy darling Naz was remembered on 30th July 2017, 5:23pm, three years to the day that Naz joined the angels, with a peaceful sunflower…