Naz & Matt Foundation
@nazandmatt.bsky.social
Removing the barriers that prevent religious and culturally conservative parents from accepting their LGBTQI+ children. Award-winning charity. London, UK. #OutAndProudParentsDay #MyGodImQueer
Our December Rainbow Chai session is this Tuesday, 16th December at 6.30pm.
If you're a parent of South Asian heritage with an LGBTQI+ child, this online support group is for you.
It's led by Saima, a proud mum of two LGBT children who understands exactly what you're going through.
If you're a parent of South Asian heritage with an LGBTQI+ child, this online support group is for you.
It's led by Saima, a proud mum of two LGBT children who understands exactly what you're going through.
December 13, 2025 at 9:09 PM
Our December Rainbow Chai session is this Tuesday, 16th December at 6.30pm.
If you're a parent of South Asian heritage with an LGBTQI+ child, this online support group is for you.
It's led by Saima, a proud mum of two LGBT children who understands exactly what you're going through.
If you're a parent of South Asian heritage with an LGBTQI+ child, this online support group is for you.
It's led by Saima, a proud mum of two LGBT children who understands exactly what you're going through.
Our December Rainbow Chai session is this Tuesday, 16th December at 6.30pm.
If you're a parent of South Asian heritage with an LGBTQI+ child, this online support group is for you.
It's led by Saima, a proud mum of two LGBT children who understands exactly what you're going through.
If you're a parent of South Asian heritage with an LGBTQI+ child, this online support group is for you.
It's led by Saima, a proud mum of two LGBT children who understands exactly what you're going through.
December 13, 2025 at 6:39 PM
Our December Rainbow Chai session is this Tuesday, 16th December at 6.30pm.
If you're a parent of South Asian heritage with an LGBTQI+ child, this online support group is for you.
It's led by Saima, a proud mum of two LGBT children who understands exactly what you're going through.
If you're a parent of South Asian heritage with an LGBTQI+ child, this online support group is for you.
It's led by Saima, a proud mum of two LGBT children who understands exactly what you're going through.
Queer Muslims exist, and we always have. Our lives are erased by families, communities, and faith leaders who insist that queerness and Islam cannot coexist. This erasure causes real harm, it isolates people, silences their voices, and forces many to hide parts of themselves just to survive.
December 13, 2025 at 12:03 PM
Queer Muslims exist, and we always have. Our lives are erased by families, communities, and faith leaders who insist that queerness and Islam cannot coexist. This erasure causes real harm, it isolates people, silences their voices, and forces many to hide parts of themselves just to survive.
The horrifying reality of honour-based abuse targeting LGBTQI+ individuals remains hidden in plain sight.
We support numerous individuals experiencing serious harm from family members who believe they are ‘protecting’ family honour by attempting to change, conceal or erase their LGBTQI+ identity.
We support numerous individuals experiencing serious harm from family members who believe they are ‘protecting’ family honour by attempting to change, conceal or erase their LGBTQI+ identity.
December 8, 2025 at 12:02 PM
The horrifying reality of honour-based abuse targeting LGBTQI+ individuals remains hidden in plain sight.
We support numerous individuals experiencing serious harm from family members who believe they are ‘protecting’ family honour by attempting to change, conceal or erase their LGBTQI+ identity.
We support numerous individuals experiencing serious harm from family members who believe they are ‘protecting’ family honour by attempting to change, conceal or erase their LGBTQI+ identity.
When someone seeks spiritual counsel and is told their pain is a test or a phase, that response erases reality and redirects blame. Pastoral gaslighting invalidates trauma and teaches people to doubt their feelings instead of finding care.
December 6, 2025 at 12:01 PM
When someone seeks spiritual counsel and is told their pain is a test or a phase, that response erases reality and redirects blame. Pastoral gaslighting invalidates trauma and teaches people to doubt their feelings instead of finding care.
Being queer and a person of faith is not a contradiction, and is in fact far more common than people realise. Being queer and a believer is a calling to commitment and devotion, as we must choose to consistently grapple with our belief, engage with it deeply and critically.
We don’t inherit our
We don’t inherit our
December 1, 2025 at 12:01 PM
Being queer and a person of faith is not a contradiction, and is in fact far more common than people realise. Being queer and a believer is a calling to commitment and devotion, as we must choose to consistently grapple with our belief, engage with it deeply and critically.
We don’t inherit our
We don’t inherit our
Queer elders carry living archives of resilience, grief, and joy. Their age is a pillar of reassurance and affirmation to young queer people attempting to navigate difficult questions and complicated lives. We can exist and keep existing, and life continues to be worth it.
November 29, 2025 at 12:01 PM
Queer elders carry living archives of resilience, grief, and joy. Their age is a pillar of reassurance and affirmation to young queer people attempting to navigate difficult questions and complicated lives. We can exist and keep existing, and life continues to be worth it.
Our November Rainbow Chai session is this Tuesday, 25th November at 6.30pm.
If you're a parent of South Asian heritage with an LGBTQI+ child, this online support group is for you.
It's led by Saima, a proud mum of two LGBT children who understands exactly what you're going through.
If you're a parent of South Asian heritage with an LGBTQI+ child, this online support group is for you.
It's led by Saima, a proud mum of two LGBT children who understands exactly what you're going through.
November 19, 2025 at 8:56 PM
Our November Rainbow Chai session is this Tuesday, 25th November at 6.30pm.
If you're a parent of South Asian heritage with an LGBTQI+ child, this online support group is for you.
It's led by Saima, a proud mum of two LGBT children who understands exactly what you're going through.
If you're a parent of South Asian heritage with an LGBTQI+ child, this online support group is for you.
It's led by Saima, a proud mum of two LGBT children who understands exactly what you're going through.
They said God wouldn’t love you.
Said you couldn’t exist - not trans and faithful, not both.
And yet, here you are, still existing because you always could. Maybe you're still praying, still holding onto something sacred, even when others tried to take it from you.
Said you couldn’t exist - not trans and faithful, not both.
And yet, here you are, still existing because you always could. Maybe you're still praying, still holding onto something sacred, even when others tried to take it from you.
November 17, 2025 at 12:02 PM
They said God wouldn’t love you.
Said you couldn’t exist - not trans and faithful, not both.
And yet, here you are, still existing because you always could. Maybe you're still praying, still holding onto something sacred, even when others tried to take it from you.
Said you couldn’t exist - not trans and faithful, not both.
And yet, here you are, still existing because you always could. Maybe you're still praying, still holding onto something sacred, even when others tried to take it from you.
Long-term safety comes from early sex-education, consent curricula, and family workshops that address respect without moralising. Preventing harm means teaching children and parents language for boundaries, consent, and empathy before crises occur.
October 27, 2025 at 1:08 PM
Long-term safety comes from early sex-education, consent curricula, and family workshops that address respect without moralising. Preventing harm means teaching children and parents language for boundaries, consent, and empathy before crises occur.
Parents who reject queer children often lose the chance to learn how to hold them with tenderness; reconciliation can feel impossible until someone models a different way.
October 25, 2025 at 11:02 AM
Parents who reject queer children often lose the chance to learn how to hold them with tenderness; reconciliation can feel impossible until someone models a different way.
Our October Rainbow Chai session is this Tuesday, 28th October at 6.30pm.
If you're a parent of South Asian heritage with an LGBTQI+ child, this online support group is for you.
It's led by Saima, a proud mum of two LGBT children who understands exactly what you're going through.
If you're a parent of South Asian heritage with an LGBTQI+ child, this online support group is for you.
It's led by Saima, a proud mum of two LGBT children who understands exactly what you're going through.
October 23, 2025 at 8:40 PM
Our October Rainbow Chai session is this Tuesday, 28th October at 6.30pm.
If you're a parent of South Asian heritage with an LGBTQI+ child, this online support group is for you.
It's led by Saima, a proud mum of two LGBT children who understands exactly what you're going through.
If you're a parent of South Asian heritage with an LGBTQI+ child, this online support group is for you.
It's led by Saima, a proud mum of two LGBT children who understands exactly what you're going through.
When a queer child is emotionally disowned, there’s no ceremony, no mourning, no acknowledgement of loss. They just disappear from family photos, group chats, and prayers. The absence is treated like a correction, not a tragedy. The grief, however, is real.
October 20, 2025 at 12:10 PM
When a queer child is emotionally disowned, there’s no ceremony, no mourning, no acknowledgement of loss. They just disappear from family photos, group chats, and prayers. The absence is treated like a correction, not a tragedy. The grief, however, is real.
Religious spaces often come with a script, especially for those assigned female at birth. You’re expected to be modest, quiet, obedient. Your body becomes a battleground for purity, and your future is mapped out without your consent.
October 18, 2025 at 12:03 PM
Religious spaces often come with a script, especially for those assigned female at birth. You’re expected to be modest, quiet, obedient. Your body becomes a battleground for purity, and your future is mapped out without your consent.
There are religious leaders who understand the pain queer people carry. They’ve heard the stories, offered quiet comfort, and nodded in private. But when it comes to speaking out, they choose silence.
October 13, 2025 at 11:03 AM
There are religious leaders who understand the pain queer people carry. They’ve heard the stories, offered quiet comfort, and nodded in private. But when it comes to speaking out, they choose silence.
Some families not only reject their children, but they also turn them into warnings. Their name becomes shorthand for failure, for shame, whispered in cautionary tones to younger family members.
October 11, 2025 at 12:02 PM
Some families not only reject their children, but they also turn them into warnings. Their name becomes shorthand for failure, for shame, whispered in cautionary tones to younger family members.
Many queer people don’t abandon faith, they just reshape it by creating rituals that speak to both their identity and their spirituality. Lighting candles for chosen family, rewriting prayers to reflect lived truth, fasting for clarity.
October 6, 2025 at 11:03 AM
Many queer people don’t abandon faith, they just reshape it by creating rituals that speak to both their identity and their spirituality. Lighting candles for chosen family, rewriting prayers to reflect lived truth, fasting for clarity.
Many queer people don’t abandon faith, they just reshape it by creating rituals that speak to both their identity and their spirituality. Lighting candles for chosen family, rewriting prayers to reflect lived truth, fasting for clarity.
September 27, 2025 at 11:03 AM
Many queer people don’t abandon faith, they just reshape it by creating rituals that speak to both their identity and their spirituality. Lighting candles for chosen family, rewriting prayers to reflect lived truth, fasting for clarity.
While debate focuses on formal “therapy,” countless LGBTQI+ people face damaging informal practices in religious settings weekly.
The most prevalent forms of conversion practices don’t happen in clinical settings.
The most prevalent forms of conversion practices don’t happen in clinical settings.
September 15, 2025 at 12:20 PM
While debate focuses on formal “therapy,” countless LGBTQI+ people face damaging informal practices in religious settings weekly.
The most prevalent forms of conversion practices don’t happen in clinical settings.
The most prevalent forms of conversion practices don’t happen in clinical settings.
‘Prove You’re Gay’ or be deported to your death.
The cruel reality facing LGBTQI+ asylum seekers in the UK system demands urgent attention and reform.
We support an increasing number of LGBTQI+ individuals seeking safety from countries where their identity is criminalised - or punishable by death.
The cruel reality facing LGBTQI+ asylum seekers in the UK system demands urgent attention and reform.
We support an increasing number of LGBTQI+ individuals seeking safety from countries where their identity is criminalised - or punishable by death.
September 13, 2025 at 11:03 AM
‘Prove You’re Gay’ or be deported to your death.
The cruel reality facing LGBTQI+ asylum seekers in the UK system demands urgent attention and reform.
We support an increasing number of LGBTQI+ individuals seeking safety from countries where their identity is criminalised - or punishable by death.
The cruel reality facing LGBTQI+ asylum seekers in the UK system demands urgent attention and reform.
We support an increasing number of LGBTQI+ individuals seeking safety from countries where their identity is criminalised - or punishable by death.
Our seven-stage model reveals the critical barriers preventing parental acceptance.
Through years of supporting families, we’ve identified distinct phases parents typically navigate after learning their child is LGBTQI+:
Through years of supporting families, we’ve identified distinct phases parents typically navigate after learning their child is LGBTQI+:
September 6, 2025 at 12:01 PM
Our seven-stage model reveals the critical barriers preventing parental acceptance.
Through years of supporting families, we’ve identified distinct phases parents typically navigate after learning their child is LGBTQI+:
Through years of supporting families, we’ve identified distinct phases parents typically navigate after learning their child is LGBTQI+:
Our August Rainbow Chai session is this Friday, 29th August at 6.30pm.
If you're a parent of South Asian heritage with an LGBTQI+ child, this online support group is for you.
It's led by Saima, a proud mum of two LGBT children who understands exactly what you're going through.
If you're a parent of South Asian heritage with an LGBTQI+ child, this online support group is for you.
It's led by Saima, a proud mum of two LGBT children who understands exactly what you're going through.
August 25, 2025 at 10:45 AM
Our August Rainbow Chai session is this Friday, 29th August at 6.30pm.
If you're a parent of South Asian heritage with an LGBTQI+ child, this online support group is for you.
It's led by Saima, a proud mum of two LGBT children who understands exactly what you're going through.
If you're a parent of South Asian heritage with an LGBTQI+ child, this online support group is for you.
It's led by Saima, a proud mum of two LGBT children who understands exactly what you're going through.
My Religion Taught Me to Hate Myself.
Internalised religious homophobia creates devastating mental health consequences.
Many we support describe years of self-hatred fuelled by religious teachings that labeled their core identity as sinful or unnatural.
Internalised religious homophobia creates devastating mental health consequences.
Many we support describe years of self-hatred fuelled by religious teachings that labeled their core identity as sinful or unnatural.
August 23, 2025 at 11:02 AM
My Religion Taught Me to Hate Myself.
Internalised religious homophobia creates devastating mental health consequences.
Many we support describe years of self-hatred fuelled by religious teachings that labeled their core identity as sinful or unnatural.
Internalised religious homophobia creates devastating mental health consequences.
Many we support describe years of self-hatred fuelled by religious teachings that labeled their core identity as sinful or unnatural.
One parent’s rejection can cause a lifetime of trauma.
One parent’s love can reverse it.
#OutAndProudParentsDay wasn’t just a celebration.
It was about protection.
Presence.
And power.
Thank you to every single one of you who took part.
One parent’s love can reverse it.
#OutAndProudParentsDay wasn’t just a celebration.
It was about protection.
Presence.
And power.
Thank you to every single one of you who took part.
August 1, 2025 at 11:48 AM
One parent’s rejection can cause a lifetime of trauma.
One parent’s love can reverse it.
#OutAndProudParentsDay wasn’t just a celebration.
It was about protection.
Presence.
And power.
Thank you to every single one of you who took part.
One parent’s love can reverse it.
#OutAndProudParentsDay wasn’t just a celebration.
It was about protection.
Presence.
And power.
Thank you to every single one of you who took part.
It’s not too late. Before the day ends, let your love be seen.
One simple post. One message of love. One act of visibility that could mean the world to your child — and to others still waiting.
One simple post. One message of love. One act of visibility that could mean the world to your child — and to others still waiting.
July 30, 2025 at 5:03 PM
It’s not too late. Before the day ends, let your love be seen.
One simple post. One message of love. One act of visibility that could mean the world to your child — and to others still waiting.
One simple post. One message of love. One act of visibility that could mean the world to your child — and to others still waiting.