Be the Man was shortlisted for the “Best Original Track of 2017” at the BBC Folk Awards. The the album it the song is featured on, “Strangers”, won Best Folk…
Protest Against Home Secretary Suella Braverman’s anti-gay agenda
We condemn the words of ‘Home Secretary’ Suella Braverman
We condemn entirely the words of ‘Home Secretary’ Suella Braverman who clearly doesn’t understand the life threatening risks to a gay person born into a country where homosexuality is against…
Proudly supporting our Trans siblings at Croydon Pride
Croydon Pride was on fire today. It felt genuinely community centred through and through, with diversity and freedom to be oneself at its core. With the crowd made up of the…
Marching to support Trans rights at Trans Pride 2023
We proudly marched in support of the trans community for this year’s London Trans Pride. We joined our friends at Imaan LGBTQI+ Muslim Support in solidarity with our trans siblings,…
Foundation leads our largest group ever for Pride in London 2023
This year’s Pride in London march was our best ever with well over 100 volunteers marching in our group. We firmly believe that Pride is about coming together as a…
We join Too Desi, Too Queer panel at the London Indian Film Festival BFI
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Foundation supports new film about pioneers of Pride in the UK
We’re proud to be supporting an important new documentary directed by Rob Falconer, who followed and interviewed the pioneers of the LGBTQ+ pride movement in the UK. Without these brave…
Foundation’s new film celebrates female pioneers of the Queer South Asian community
A few years ago I was delighted to be invited to direct a new 40 minute film documenting the birth and growth of the Queer South Asian Community that we…
I had to fight for our relationship to be recognised after my fiancé took his own life
As we approach Out And Proud Parents Day our annual celebration of proud parents 30th July, I spoke to Metro newspaper about the challenges many same-sex partners face when losing…
March With Us: Naz and Matt Foundation at Birmingham Pride
We are absolutely thrilled to announce that Naz and Matt Foundation will be marching again in Birmingham Pride on Saturday, 27th May! As a fixture in this vibrant celebration of…
Discussing Faith, culture and sexuality within conservative communities – NEU Teacher’s Conference
Today, I had the honour of delivering a talk on the complex and sensitive topic of “Faith, culture and sexuality within conservative communities” at the National Education Union (NEU) LGBT+…
Foundation meets with UN Independent Expert on sexual orientation and gender identity
Today we had the privilege of meeting with Victor Madrigal-Borloz, the United Nations Independent Expert on sexual orientation and gender identity. As a long term member of the Ban Conversion…
Interview with Farzana Chaudry, BBC Radio Three Counties
Recently myself and Anish Pathak, a volunteer of our Foundation, and recent star of the BBC One Documentary My Hindu Coming Out Story were interviewed on BBC Three Counties by…
Remembering Naz on his 43rd birthday
Foundation supports new Jewish LGBT+ film
We’re proud to be supporting the new film ‘Sinnerman’, by first-time writer and filmmaker Josh Rose, who hopes the film will help others come out in the Jewish community. “Sinnerman”…
Survey: Are you the victim of any form of conversion practice?
Have you personally experienced, or indirectly experienced any form of conversion ‘therapy’, or ‘conversion practice? We are working together with Stonewall and the Ban Conversion Therapy Coalition to collect first-hand…
Foundation contributes to government inquiry into honour based abuse
Survivors of ‘honour’ based abuse (HBA) were invited by our friends at Karma Nirvana to share oral evidence, in the form of lived experiences, with the Women and Equalities Committee…
Foundation Launches New Support Group for Desi Parents of LGBTQI+ Children
We are proud to announce the launch of our new parent led support group for desi parents of LGBTQI+ children (of any age). LGBTQI+ individuals (lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans, queer,…
Foundation takes part in new BBC One Documentary
We’re super proud of one of our long term volunteers, Anish Kumar Pathak, for bravely sharing his story in this exciting new BBC One documentary – My Hindu Coming Out…
Foundation delivers talk to staff at BRIT Insurance
We’d like to thank BRIT Insurance for inviting us in to deliver a talk about the the dangers of religious and cultural homophobia, LGBTQ+ ‘honour’ based abuse, and the work…
New Bill Introduced to Prevent Child Forced Marriage
Yesterday we attended an event at the Houses of Parliament to support all of the incredible individuals who helped bring in yesterday’s change in law. As of 27th February 2023,…
Open Letter to UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak – Criminalise ‘Conversion Practices’
We stand with the LGBTQ+ community, and we stand with all other members of the #Ban Conversion Therapy Coalition. In our joint letter with the other members of the Ban…
Foundation Supports New Play: The Witness – Being Expelled as a Gay Jehovah’s Witness
We’re happy to be supporting The Witness, a new play written by Robert P Bruce to be performed in Swansea. The story is based on the true life experience of…
Training workshop delivered to Switchboard LGBT+ Helpline
We were delighted to be invited alongside our friends at Hidayah to deliver a second training workshop to Switchboard LGBT+ Helpline. The subject of our training workshop centred around our core…
Shocking Reality of What Conversion Practices Really Look Like
This is the reality of what conversion ‘therapy’ can often look like. It doesn’t work. Survivors can suffer lifelong mental damage. It is abuse, pure and simple. And it has…
Meet Parmina and her Gay Son Anish
As part of our annual Out and Proud Parents Day celebration we were delighted with the opportunity to meet with Parmina, and her gay son Anish. Anish has volunteered with…
Foundation Delivers School Talk in Altrincham, Manchester
We were delighted to be invited to visit Altrincham Grammar School for Boys to deliver a talk on the subject of religion, culture, and tackling homophobia. The talk was aimed…
Out and Proud Parents Day Receives Rainbow Honours Award
We are absolutely delighted and over the moon to have received the “Campaign of the Year” award at the Bank of London Rainbow Honours last night for #OutAndProudParentsDay. HUGE THANK…
Matt Talks Religion & LGBTQ+ with Virgin Radio’s Pridecast
On the Virgin Radio Pridecast, Alex and Shivani delve into the world of religion, looking at the relationship between religious organisations and the LGBTQ+ community, and examining whether religious freedoms…
Harry Lynch Walks 1,000 Miles to Raise Money for Foundation
On 11th November 2021 Harry Lynch did something truly remarkable. He left the safety and comfort of his home in Scotland to take the first steps on his 1,000 mile…