Better known online as “Professor Pride'', Matt Haslam is the founder and host of the accredited TV show, Powered By Rainbows. He is an Amazon Best-Selling author and illustrator with 40 books to his credit. His show has been highlighted by YouTube as an LGBTQ Creator of the Year, awarded by the Gilbert Baker Awards, and featured on CBS, Fox, and USA Today.

In 2001, when he was just 9-Years old, Matt legally started a small business called Matt Haslam Productions, LLC, originally only offering his country music singer/songwriter performances to local venues. Matt wanted his audiences to see an amazing show, not just a singer in the corner with his guitar. So, he invested heavily in lighting, audio, and special effects such as confetti guns, fireworks, and more.

As his performances gained regional attention, other bands started hiring him for their concerts and festivals. Soon enough, MHP was providing audio and lighting to events regionally. But the music never stopped. Matt wrote over 400 original songs in his childhood and recorded albums of his original music. But to make an album, he needed a cover photo and a music video. So, he learned photography and video production.

In 2006, Matt co-founded a non-profit, bringing music and entertainment to elderly care facilities across Pennsylvania, USA. While Matt stepped away from this organization in 2011 to attend college, that non-profit still lives on through its other co-founder and brings joy to hundreds of elderly people every year. 

In 2010, Matt went to college for audio and video production and earned an Associates' Degree in Audio Production with a minor in Video and Marketing in 2012. From here, Matt went on to be a general manager at a regional audio / video production company and shortly after, went on to be a video director, specialized camera operator, and news video editor for a regional news station. 

Meanwhile, his own company, Matt Haslam Productions, LLC has designed and engineered video, photography, lighting, audio, graphic design, projection, consulting, and performances for over 4,500 live events. This includes working for clients like the Pennsylvania Department of Education, then Vice-President Joe Biden, and more.

He later came out of the closet in 2018 as a gay demi-sexual and immediately began working to help LGBTQ people live better lives and come out easier than he did. Matt even served as the Vice President of an LGBTQ charity where he worked with several LGBTQ non-profits to bring equal protections under the law to our community. 

He started the Powered By Rainbows YouTube channel in 2018 when he uploaded his coming out video. By June 2020, that channel started to get shared among LGBTQ communities and Matt was invited to be the keynote speaker at the 2020 Schuylkill County Pride. 

In 2021, Matt was the keynote author for the 2021 National Day of Silence event for Reading Pride and by 2022, he was interviewed by USA Today for their article on Roe v. Wade’s effect on the LGBTQ community, was the keynote speaker at the 2022 Art in the Park Event, and was a guest on the Caring Communities Podcast.

Today, Matt and his production team have gained over 13 Million viewers, averaging over a quarter of a million views per month. He likes to bring a high-quality show with exhaustively researched details to his audience. He enjoys covering LGBTQ history the most but is proud of every episode he is involved with producing.