MEET TRANS ACTION WEST CUMBRIA

“Right now Trans people need an energy of protest and resistance as well as celebration and community” Read More

Welcome to the Broom Closet

Please can you introduce yourself and share any information about your identity?I’m Kerrie (she/her), I am the face behind Sparrow […] Read More

QUEER RAIL TRAIL!

Queer Cumbria have partnered with Community Rail Partnerships and Northern Trains to create a queer art trail across the norther […] Read More

Blood, Sweat and Teens

We have opened a tin of period worms. By talking openly with people of all ages about their menstrual cycle, […] Read More

It’s a Story of Love

It’s a story of love. It is also a story about the interconnectedness of women and northern landscapes, of shared […] Read More

Riotous Youth Arts Project Coming to West Cumbria

Meet your new best arty friends, North Star Co-Design – a community interest company co-directed by Louie Ingham and Lee […] Read More

Whitehaven’s Queer Punk Artist

If you thought punk was dead, think again. Over in Whitehaven Twiggy is busy in their studio creating queer art […] Read More

Bookends Carlisle Creates New LGBTQ+ Section

Bookends Carlisle has long been a space for LGBTQ+ allyship. With their diverse and welcoming staff and their dedication to […] Read More

TASTE THE BLOOD OF THE ALTAR WINE

Cara Hamilton is a performer from Dusseldorf, currently residing Annan, Dumfries and Galloway, and works in Carlisle.She has built a […] Read More

Chosen Family at Xmas

The holiday season for most conjures up comforting thoughts of time spent with family, meals shared, gifts exchanged, memories made. […] Read More

I Dont Get To Love Where I Live

The rays of sunset fall on the fells below Scafell Pike, dousing the terrain in a golden hue. Bluetits and […] Read More

The Boy Melancholy

Inks, watercolour and marker pens are used as tools of expression by Johnny Kavanagh aka The Boy Melancholy. He takes […] Read More