At the end of 2019 I met up with Jonny from the “I’m Coming Out” podcast. He’d invited me to give an in-depth interview to talk about my own coming…
Our patron Bhavna Limbachia takes on Celebrity Catchphrase
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 Catchphrase (Saturday 11th Jan). She battled…
Interview: Husbands Amir and Aamir
The “You Don’t Love Me Podcast” is life from the perspective of a gay South Asian couple – husband and husband team Amir and Aamir. I first met them both…
Foundation Takes Part in LGBT+ Drop In
We were delighted to be invited to take part in a monthly LGBT+ drop by our friends at Forum+. The drop ins are a great opportunity for local groups, organisations…
Interview: The real cost of Homophobia
On a calm, peaceful April afternoon in 2018, Clare Freeman from the deeply emotive F**k It Moments Podcast sat down with me and switched on her voice recorder. We started…
Imaan Announces Muslim Pride Festival – Sunday Morning Live
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 visibility and the fabulous new announcement…
BBC Radio London: Sunny and Shay Talk Religion and LGBT Homelessness
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 ‘coming out’, #OutAndProudParentsDay and a new…
Proud Muslim Father Accepts his Gay Son
Sameer came out to his Muslim family four years ago. They fully accept him and the fact that he is gay. They understand and accept that he was born that…
BBC World News: Naz Remembered 5 Years On
On 30th July 2019, five years since Naz passed away, BBC World Service broadcast globally a short film about our journey and how religious homophobia played a part in losing…
LGBT+ People are ‘being made homeless due to religion’
New research has found that nearly half of young LGBT+ people who are left homeless after coming out are from religious backgrounds.
ITV News – LGBT Schools Row – The Human Impact
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 experienced have spilled out on to…
Foundation delivers monologue at major West Midlands Police Conference
In front of a crowded auditorium in Birmingham, beneath a huge 70ft photo of Naz and Matt, I walked slowly up the staircase on to the stage. As my heart…
Coming out for Pride [video]
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 others. Pride is first and…
Khakan Qureshi – Gay Muslim Activist [video]
Khakan Qureshi is Founder of Finding A Voice (a social group for LGBTQI+ South Asians), a public speaker and LGBTQI+ Conference Organiser. We caught up with Khakan and spoke to…
Birmingham Pride March 2019 – Education, Education, Education
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 by the escalating homophobic protests outside…
Thank you Bhavna Limbachia
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 everything she has done for our…
Welsh LGBT+ Choirs Support Foundation at Cardiff Concert
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 Music and Drama on Saturday 6th…
Foundation signs joint letter with Stonewall, Tell Mama, Muslim Women’s Network UK
On the 28th March 2019 MPs voted in favour of LGBT inclusive sex and relationship education for primary schools, the first time relationship education guidance has been changed since 2000….
Our Response to Homophobic Protests Outside Parkfield Community School
Our organisation, Naz and Matt Foundation, was founded because a community and a conservative religious family did not understand what it means to be born gay. They saw it as…
Foundation Wins IKWRO Award For Its Work Tackling Honour Based Violence
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 for ‘Outstanding Organisation Tackling “Honour” Based…
Can you be Queer and have Faith?
Navigating faith and queer identity can be tough, and often it can seem impossible to reconcile the two. On Tuesday Feb 26th, Naz and Matt Foundation teamed up with the…
Foundation delivers workshops at NASUWT Teachers’ Conference
We are proud to have spoken at the NASUWT Teachers’ Union Conference in Birmingham about our work tackling religious and cultural homophobia in schools. On Saturday 23rd February the NASUWT…
Foundation Delivers Full Day of School Talks in York
Foundation delivers full day of ‘religion, homophobia and bullying’ school talks during LGBT History Month for Queen Ethelburga’s School in York.
To Chechnya, With Love – London’s protest against the LGBT purge in Chechnya
On Sunday 27th January 2019, a large group of protesters gathered in the pouring rain outside the Russian Embassy in London. They stood in solidarity with the LGBT+ community in…
A legal form of abuse: Conversion therapy
We speak to CNN about the hidden dangers of ‘conversion therapy’ and ‘gay cure therapy’ and why we must all work together to end this legal form of abuse. In…
Foundation delivers talk for Police Scotland and Women’s Aid Charity
On a cold foggy morning, Naz and Matt Foundation delivered their first talk in Scotland to a packed auditorium at headquarters of Police Scotland. We were invited by our friends…
BBC Radio 5 Live Investigates: Shocking LGBT+ Domestic Abuse
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 the survivors in the research, 28%…
Foundation delivers moving monologue at Home Office conference
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 tackling forced marriage and “honour based…
Foundation delivers workshops for FFLAG’s 25 Year Anniversary
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 much loved charity. Our Foundation facilitated…
Foundation delivers ‘Religious Homophobia’ lecture at Oxford University
On a dark October evening, Naz and Matt Foundation delivered a powerful lecture at Oxford University, Lady Margaret Hall, to a full room of students and senior members of staff…