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Title
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Chris Joly, Oral History Interview, 2024
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Performer
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Chris Joly
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Interviewer
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Kat Hacanyan
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Description
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In this interview Chris Joly shares how she and her partner brought a Pride Center to Jackson, MI, and the tragedy that followed shortly after Jackson's first Pride Event. Joly explains that her house was set on fire, which claimed the lives of her 2 dogs and 3 cats, by an arsonist, and her partner at the time, Nikki Joly was wrongfully accused of the arson and ended up spending over two years in prison. Joly explains how that fire and everything that followed after changed her and Nikki, resulting in their separation.
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Exact Date
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6/7/2024
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Run Time
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9:49
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Publisher
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Eastern Michigan University Archives
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Rights
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Copyright to the audio resource and its transcript is held by the content creator, author, artist or other entity, and is provided here for educational purposes only. It may not be reproduced or distributed in any other format without written permission of the copyright owner, Eastern Michigan University Archives (lib_archives@emich.edu).
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Subject
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Ypsi Pride, Ypsilanti, LGBTQ community, queer oral history, EMU Center for Oral History Research
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Language
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English
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Type
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Item
Joly soundcloud