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…
Interview: I’m Coming Out
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…
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…
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…
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…
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’s response: Banning ‘gay cure’ therapies under the ‘LGBT action plan’
Naz 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?
Writing for NewStatesmen, Precious Adesina interviews Matt about ‘gay cure therapy’ and the need to criminalise it. ‘Late in 2017, an assistant pastor in Anfield, Liverpool recommended to a new…
A gay Muslim who took his own life has inspired a Coronation Street storyline
“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 plays Coronation Street’s first openly gay…
Matt and Bhavna Limbachia on BBC Breakfast talking Corrie and religious homophobia
Coronation Street’s Bhavna Limbachia and Matt were invited in to talk about the hard-hitting Rana + Kate storyline currently in the soap, and its connection to the work being done…
BBC Asian Network’s Qasa Alom interviews Matt about ‘coming out’ to religious parents
What 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
I talk to Gay Star News about losing my darling Naz, the impact of honour based abuse on the LGBTQI+ community, and our Foundation’s recent work with the incredible charity…
Advice for parents struggling to accept their LGBTQI+ children – BBC Asian Network
BBC Asian Network invited me in to talk about our progress over the last four years since my darling Naz passed away. What have we been doing? How has our…
Muslim Pride
Muslim 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.
Documenting a celebration of life – Lisa Bretherick
Professional portrait photographer Lisa Bretherick talks about her work documenting Naz’s memorial service held three weeks after he passed away. Her incredibly moving photographs have since been exhibited multiple times…
Gay Collective Magazine Interviews Matt about future plans for the Foundation
Gay Collective, a new digital magazine for the gay community, interviewed Founder of Naz and Matt Foundation, Matthew Mahmood-Ogston about why the Foundation was setup, its day to day challenges…
BBC Asian Network shadows Foundation’s religious homophobia talk at Bradford secondary school
As part of our Foundation’s tour of schools in Bradford, Matt was shadowed by BBC Asian Network’s Shabnam Mahmood as he talked to a packed room of students at a…
Bradford: Campaigner shares story of partner’s suicide after telling deeply religious family he was gay
Students at Bradford College were visited by a campaigner raising awareness of religious homophobia. As part of our Foundation’s tour of schools in Bradford, Matt was interviewed by the Telegraph &…
Interview with BCB Radio about our schools work in Bradford [audio]
As part of Naz and Matt Foundation’s tour of schools and colleges in Bradford to give talks about ‘homophobia, religion and bullying’, Matt was interviewed on the BCB Radio’s Drive…
Gaydio Radio interview about Naz & Matt Foundation’s schools outreach work
Chris Holliday from Gaydio (the UK’s largest LGBT radio station) caught up with Matt, from Naz and Matt Foundation, about some of the recent campaigning the charity has been doing….
Homosexuality – An Islamic Perspective with Dr. Shabir Ally [video]
Can you be gay and Muslim? ‘Quran Speaks’ interviewed Dr. Shabir Ally, President of the Islamic Information Centre, about how homosexuality is actually discussed in the Quran. The aim of…
Matt accepts Attitude Pride Award on behalf of Naz and our Foundation
Back in May 2015 I was contacted by the UK’s leading publication for the gay community – Attitude Magazine – about their inaugural Attitude Pride Awards launching for the first…
That’s Solent TV Interview: Portsmouth Pride 2015 [video]
During the weekend of Portsmouth Pride, 20-21st June 2015, That’s Solent TV (the local TV station for Portsmouth), invited me in to their studio to talk live on air about…
BBC Radio Ulster – 27th April 2015
After the Northern Ireland Health Minister Jim Wells resigned, following a canvassing incident in Rathfriland where he told a lesbian couple he believed their relationship was wrong, the BBC interviewed…
The Journey To Find Acceptance – ITV News Interview [video]
ITV News have been incredibly supportive and covered our 150 mile journey from London to Birmingham. The ITV team invited me in to their studio to meet with presenter Bob Warman, who…
Canadian Breakfast Television Interview: The struggle with homophobia [video]
Breakfast Television in Edmonton, Canada, host a video segment called DiverseCity during their morning show, which explores the lives and challenges of real people around the world. The story of…
BBC Interview: Naz’s Legacy – New Foundation Launches
The BBC contacted me (Matt) and asked me to talk to them about my beautiful Naz, and some of the emotional challenges that he faced with his family when they…
BBC Asian Network: Gay support group in memory of suicide doctor
A support group has been set up in memory of an Asian doctor who took his own life, days after telling his family he was gay. Dr Naz Mahmood fell…