America’s Most Captivating Couples 2008
Newton, Massachusetts
Jennifer Chrisler, 37, Executive Director, Family Equality Council
Cheryl Jaques, 45, Lawyer, Brody, Hardoon, Perkins & Kesten
Jennifer and Cheryl met almost 15 years ago when Jennifer got involved in Cheryl’s campaign for state senate. They were friends for five years before they started dating. As the Executive Director of the Family Equality Council (formerly Family Pride), Jennifer fights for the rights of all loving families, regardless of blood relation or sexual orientation. In addition to being a lawyer, Cheryl is the former head of the Human Rights Campaign. They are the proud parents of two sons, Tom and Tim, age five. “We love spending time with our kids, playing checkers, go fish and Connect Four. For gown-up fun, we love going to estate sales to find treasures, and taking long walks together,” says Jennifer. Their secret: “We try to remember to attack our problems instead of each other. Whenever we face adversity in our lives, we remain focused on what we are trying to solve instead of getting angry with each other about the situation we’re in. It also helps to have a good sense of humor, and to laugh together often.”
The results are in! After a grueling selection process, we’ve skimmed the sweet cream off this year’s batch of entries and whipped it into GO’s most captivating couples of 2008. Many more couples coming soon!
Katrina & Sarah
New York, New York
Katrina Del Mar, Photographer, Director, Producer, Writer, Filmmaker, and Studio Manager for Nan Goldin
Sarah Greenwood, Singer/Songwriter, Musician, Lead Singer and Guitar for GSX
Competition brought Katrina and Sarah together; they met while hitting on the same girl. Of course, their reputations had preceded them; Sarah had heard about Katrina’s famous Thanksgiving turkey, and Katrina had heard about Sarah’s music. The two smooth operators became fast and furious friends. “I was over at her place one night watching movies, and I asked her if I could kiss her,” says Katrina. “We spilled the popcorn.” Katrina has directed and produced many films, such as Gang Girls 2000, A Beautiful Death and Surf Gang, which won Best Experimental Film in PlanetOut’s 2006 Film Competition. Sarah fronts the hard rock band GSX. Kat provides the visuals for Sarah’s band, and Sarah writes the music for Kat’s films. “We’ve been together for three and a half years, and we’re more in love than ever.”
