From 1994 to 1998 Lyn has been active with the West Kootenay Gays
and Lesbians Society, serving in various roles, including Chair,
and for two years she organized a large Gay celebration called The
Fruit Float in the Slocan Valley.
Lyn has been supportive of the Nelson Women's Centre from 1994 to
2000, in the capacity of garden caretaker, as well as sitting on
the Library Committee.
Lyn has also been active in promoting rights for Gays, Lesbians,
and Transgender people, and was instrumental in helping to
establish the first Pride Parade in 1998 in Nelson, BC. For several
years she was on the board of Kootenay Gay Pride, serving as chair
and the media contact.
In 2004 Lyn returned to school and obtained a BSN with distinction,
and just kept going until she had earned a PhD, at the age of 67.
She currently lives on 5 acres in the country with her partner,
dog, cat, and 13 very loud Indian Runner ducks. Lyn's next book,
already in the works, will be the story of learning to live rurally
with an assortment of animals. It will be titled Gumboot Heaven....
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