Happy New Year, I hope you all had a great Christmas and I wish you all the best for 2011! The second LGBT Consortium meeting is on Saturday the 15th of January at the Carlisle Enterprise Center. The forum will be discussing the County Council's 'Have Your Say' consultation on the proposed financial reviews, issuses affecting LGB and T Cumbrians, future provision of LGB and T services and the proposed Pride Event in June 2011. If you would like to come alone contact Richard Kavangh r.kavanagh169@btinternet.com Coffee, tea and lunch will be provided. This is a great way to get involved with doing something positive for the LGBT community here in Cumbria.

Also this month Callum (Calpol) is involved in an exhibition all about the untold stories of LGBT people affected by the Holocaust and Nazi oppression. The event is on the 28th of January down in Manchester for more info you can click here   

This year I'm going to try harder to keep Queercumbria updated on a regular basis, I'd like to thank you all for continue to visit the site despite my sporadic updates. I've almost finished Semester 1 at college and I'm starting to adapt to balancing study, work, play and running a website. I was thinking about shutting Queercumbria down last summer but after receiving e-mails with positive feedback and the site getting 40 - 70 views a week I'll continue my work on the site.

If you have any comments or any suggestions for the site please contact me adam@queercumbria.com