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LGBTQ+ Washtenaw Oral History Project - Lynden Kelly

70-year-old white woman with short hair wearing black t-shirt that reads A2QUALynden Kelly, who goes by Kelly (she/her), was born in 1954 in suburban Detroit. In 1972, she moved to Ann Arbor to attend the University of Michigan. She became involved in countercultural organizations and collectives such as the Ann Arbor Tenants Union and the People’s Wherehouse, a wholesale warehouse for the Michigan Federation of Food Co-ops. She recalls visiting LGBTQ+ spaces in Ann Arbor and beyond, including the U-M Gay Advocates’ Office (now called the Spectrum Center), Canterbury House, the Rubaiyat, and the Michigan Womyn’s Music Festival. From 1990 to 2003, she and business partner Kate Burkhardt ran Common Language Bookstore, which catered to feminist and LGBTQ+ readers, on Fourth Avenue. Kelly also discusses gender roles, coming out to her parents, marriage equality, and co-founding Ann Arbor Queer Aquatics (A2QUA), a queer swimming group.

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Food Co-op Supplier Likely To Close Doors

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Ann Arbor News, February 28, 1992
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28
Month
February
Year
1992
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Food Stamps Banned At People's Food Co-op

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Ann Arbor News, June 1, 1983
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1
Month
June
Year
1983
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Co-op Began With Scoop And Sack Of Grains

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Ann Arbor News, February 21, 1982
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21
Month
February
Year
1982
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People's Wherehouse, 1973

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1973
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Creative Commons (Attribution, Non-Commercial, Share-alike)
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