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…
Why LGBT History Month 2025 Matters More Than Ever
Your community needs you now, more than ever before for LGBT History Month
Foundation attends private reception with UK Prime Minister
Building bridges between faith and LGBTQI+ communities: How unexpected conversations at 10 Downing Street are creating new paths to acceptance and understanding.
Celebrating 5th Anniversary of Out & Proud Parents Day
Parents across the globe will today (Tuesday 30th July) take to social media to share videos, photos or messages that affirm their acceptance and pride of their LGBTQI+ child on…
Foundation marches with community partners, Hopscotch, Kali Network & Naz Project London
We were absolutely honoured to march again in Pride in London 2024 with our community partners, Hopscotch Women’s Centre, Club Kali Network, and Naz Project London. With over 115 individuals…
“Be the Man”, the love story of Naz and Matt, performed in Sweden
Be the Man, the love story of Naz and Matt, performed by Årsta-Enskede Mens’ Choir, Sweden.
March with us for Birmingham Pride 2024
We are excited to be marching again this year for Birmingham Pride on Saturday 25th May 2024. We invite you to join us and march and through the streets of…
Foundation to run workshop at UK’s first South Asian Queer Pride
We’re excited to announce that Naz and Matt Foundation will be hosting a parents and allies workshop, and a community stall at the UK’s first-ever South Asian Queer Pride festival….
Interview with Sanah Ahsan: Queer Muslim Poet – ‘I cannot be good until you say it’
An intimate interview with Sanah Ahsan about her much-anticipated debut book celebrating queerness and Islam.
MPs Vote to Ban Conversion Therapy
Today, MPs will be voting on the proposed bill to ban conversion therapy. The Conversion Practices (Prohibition) Bill needs enough votes from MPs to pass. What will your MP doing…
Meet Saima, an out and proud Pakistani parent of two LGBT children
Saima leads Rainbow Chai, our new parent-led support group for parents of South Asian heritage setup by Naz and Matt Foundation in the UK. When it comes to your children,…
Bringing the community together with Bollywood dance
If you’ve been following our socials over the last few weeks you’ll have seen some fabulous video clips from Bollyqueer, an amazing queer friendly dance community led by Vinay, star…
Naz and Matt Foundation is now registered for Gift Aid
Our (now growing) team works tirelessly behind the scenes to support our most vulnerable clients, and always strive to make a positive impact to our community. Today, we’re thrilled to…
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
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,…