The story about Jane Lynch and her new love has been unfolding since January when viewers saw Lynch kiss the woman sitting next to her at the Golden Globe Awards. Then she told the UK publication the Guardian that she was in a committed relationship and the New York Times that she was getting married in May. The lucky lady is psychologist Dr. Lara Embry.
Now Lynch and Embry have filmed a promo for the National Center for Lesbian Rights 33rd Anniversary Celebration which will be held Saturday, May 1 in San Francisco.
The couple will celebrate their first anniversary at this year's event. Lynch was at last year's celebration to present an award to Ilene Chaiken. Embry attended to receive the NCLR Justice Award, which honors an individual "who has shown the courage and perseverance to fight for justice and sacrificed to make broad social change for the LGBT community." Lynch says it was love at first sight.
Embry and her former domestic partner lived in Washington. Each gave birth to a child, and each adopted her non-biological child through a second-parent adoption. The couple later moved to Florida, and their relationship ended several years after that. They agreed to share custody of both children and did so successfully until Embry's former partner unilaterally decided to separate the children and cut off all contact between Embry and one of her children. NCLR represented Embry in her initial suit for shared custody.
On May 13, 2009, the Florida Court of Appeals unanimously reversed a lower court ruling and held that Florida must give full faith and credit to adoptions granted to same-sex couples by other states, holding that Embry "must be given the same rights as any other adoptive parent in Florida."
Happy anniversary, Jane and Lara!
Visit the NCLR sitefor more information on their 2010 Anniversary Celebration.
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