1995 - ICT Cornwall’s LGBT Newsletter ceased publication
Lidbury’s partner Andrew as a result of his HIV/AIDS symptomatic conditions had gone blind & repeatedly required emergency stays in hospital as well as virtually 24hr personal care when at home. Lidbury did not feel he could continue with both producing the LGBT newsletter as well as providing personal care Andy needed. Lidbury ceased publication of the ICT LGBT Cornwall newsletter.
Several other A5 formate newsletters in Cornwall followed the groundbreaking work of the ICT LGBT Cornwall newsletter with its closure .
The short lived 'Way Out West'
Whereas Lidbury as ICT editor had always encompassed both women's & men's subjects under the ICT LGBT newsletter umbrella the publications which subsequently followed split the male & female gay community into two seperate newsletter publications. The Cornwall LGBT community publications subsequently became more divided and less cohesive on LGBT political issues.
The gay men only 'Writing on the Wall' - with heavy emphasis on cruising & 'cottaging'
The women only 'Outback'. The Outback women's newsletter publication ran for an impressive ten years. Still has a facebook page.
