Lara Embry

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Lara Embry (born c. 1969 in Birmingham) is a clinical psychologist and the wife of actress Jane Lynch.

Embry, the daughter of physicians Joseph and Bonnie Embry, earned her undergraduate degree at Smith College in Northampton, Massachusetts. She has a master's in philosophy from Columbia University, and a master's and PhD in psychology from the University of Washington. She practices at the Carter Psychology Center in Sarasota, Florida.

Embry has one daughter, and adopted the daughter of a former girlfriend, Kimberly Ryan, in 2000. When the couple broke up in 2004 they entered into a custody agreement which granted them permission to visit their adopted daughters. In 2007 Embry was prevented from exercising her visitation rights and filed suit. A Florida circuit court granted Ryan's motion to dismiss on the grounds that Florida law prohibits adoptions by same-sex couples. An appeals court overturned that opinion based on the "full faith and credit" clause of the U. S. Constitution.

For her courage and perseverance in securing her rights as a parent, Embry received an award from the National Center for Lesbian Rights, which provided legal representation in her initial suit. She met Lynch when she received the award at a fund raiser in San Francisco, California in May 2009. They married on May 31, 2010 at the Blue Heron Restaurant in Sunderland, Massachusetts. The couple resides in the Laurel Canyon district of Los Angeles, California.

References

  • Axelrod, Laura (January 2, 2010) "'Glee' actress Jane Lynch to marry girlfriend Lara Embry." Birmingham News
  • Schwartz, Paula (June 2, 2010) "Jane Lynch and Lara Embry". The New York Times