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…
Foundation delivers training workshop to LGBTQI helpline
Switchboard, one of the most widely known LGBT+ helplines recently approached Naz and Matt Foundation to provide a custom training workshop for their helpline volunteers. Delivered during Switchboard’s AGM, the…
World Suicide Prevention Day
Today is World Suicide Prevention Day. Is today the day you reach out and ask for help? Is today the day you send that TXT message, email or make a…
Foundation joins Coronation Street for Manchester Pride
Coronation Street made headlines throughout this year for its groundbreaking lesbian Muslim storyline, inspired in part by our very own Naz and the experiences he sadly faced from his own…
Matt interviewed for Karma Nirvana
As a Survivor Ambassador for Karma Nirvana, Matt was interviewed about Naz, honour abuse and shame.
Pride In London: 48 Volunteers march with Naz and Matt Foundation
Naz and Matt Foundation and 48 fabulous volunteers marched through the streets of the UK capital for London Pride on Saturday the 7th of July 2018. We marched to raise…
HARM – Honour Abuse Research Matrix Network Launches
Thursday 5th July 2018 saw the launch of the much needed HARM – The Honour Abuse Research Matrix Network at the University of Central Lancashire. Headed by Dr. Roxanne Khan…
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’).