Be the person you were born to be
“Growing up in Bangladesh, I was told that homosexuals would go to hell. And I believed it. I knew I was gay, but all the time I was told that it was dirty and sinful.” Nadim share’s his deeply personal journey to find acceptance, and love.
What an amazing performance! It gives us great pleasure to announce that our fabulous patron Bhavna Limbachia supported Naz and Matt Foundation on yesterday’s Celebrity…
One calm, peaceful April afternoon in 2018, Clare Freeman from the deeply emotive F**k It Moments Podcast sat down with me and switched on…
Asifa Lahore, Britain’s first out Muslim Drag Queen, and myself Matt, appear on Sunday Morning Live to talk about the importance of queer Muslim…
Sunny and Shay Interviews BBC Radio London’s Sunny and Shay invited Matt, Leigh Fontaine from Albert Kennedy Trust (AKT) and Faye to talk about…
On 30th July 2019, five years since Naz passed away, BBC World Service broadcast globally a short film about our journey and how religious…
New research has found that nearly half of young LGBT+ people who are left homeless after coming out are from religious backgrounds.
ITV’s Balvinder Sidhu interviews Matt about what tragically happened to Naz five years ago. And now, years later, the same homophobic attitudes that Naz…
In front of a crowded auditorium in Birmingham, beneath a huge 70ft photo of Naz and Matt, I walked slowly up the staircase on…
We interviewed Majid during Croydon Pride 2018 about the importance of LGBTQI+ Pride and why everyone should come out to fight for the freedoms of…
Khakan Qureshi is Founder of Finding A Voice (a social group for LGBTQI+ South Asians), a public speaker and LGBTQI+ Conference Organiser. We caught…
The official Birmingham Pride theme for 2019 is “LOVE OUT LOUD”. So this year, let’s be out, proud, and loud! If you’ve been affected…
On behalf of Naz and Matt Foundation I’d like to say a huge, heartfelt thank you to the multi-award nominated actress Bhavna Limbachia for…
The South Wales Gay Men’s Chorus (SWGMC) led a family of three LGBT+ choirs to a packed audience at the Royal Welsh College of…
On the 28th March 2019 MPs voted in favour of LGBT inclusive sex and relationship education for primary schools, the first time relationship education…
Our organisation, Naz and Matt Foundation, was founded because a community and a conservative religious family did not understand what it means to be…
We are truly honoured and thankful for Naz and Matt Foundation to have been awarded by IKWRO, the inspirational “Iranian & Kurdish Women’s Rights Organisation”, an award…
Navigating faith and queer identity can be tough, and often it can seem impossible to reconcile the two. On Tuesday Feb 26th, Naz and…
We are proud to have spoken at the NASUWT Teachers’ Union Conference in Birmingham about our work tackling religious and cultural homophobia in schools….
Foundation delivers full day of ‘religion, homophobia and bullying’ school talks during LGBT History Month for Queen Ethelburga’s School in York.
On Sunday 27th January 2019, a large group of protesters gathered in the pouring rain outside the Russian Embassy in London. They stood in…
We speak to CNN about the hidden dangers of ‘conversion therapy’ and ‘gay cure therapy’ and why we must all work together to end…
On a cold foggy morning, Naz and Matt Foundation delivered their first talk in Scotland to a packed auditorium at headquarters of Police Scotland….
Galop, the LGBT+ anti-violence charity, recently completed a report based on the analysis of 626 domestic survivors between January 2013 and August 2017. Of…
Our friends at Karma Nirvana invited Matt to speak alongside the legendary Jasvinder Sanghera CBE, founder of the charity and Britain’s most prominent campaigner…
As part of FFLAG’s 25 year anniversary celebrations we were invited to be part of a day long event in Manchester organised by the…
On a dark October evening, Naz and Matt Foundation delivered a powerful lecture at Oxford University, Lady Margaret Hall, to a full room of…
Switchboard, one of the most widely known LGBT+ helplines recently approached Naz and Matt Foundation to provide a custom training workshop for their helpline…
Today is World Suicide Prevention Day. Is today the day you reach out and ask for help? Is today the day you send that…
Coronation Street made headlines throughout this year for its groundbreaking lesbian Muslim storyline, inspired in part by our very own Naz and the experiences…
