Lin Dunn has been a fierce advocate for LGBTQ+ rights throughout her career but says she has always felt that her “personal life is private.”
“Not that it’s a secret, but I’m a private person off the court. Everybody thinks I’m this crazy extrovert because I’m in the media and all that kind of stuff,” Dunn said. “But I like to sit and read, and I’m quiet. I don’t mind being alone.”
Today, Dunn lives in Dresden, Tenn., with her partner, Fran Robinson, a classically trained ballerina and former dance teacher. They live in the same red brick house Dunn grew up in.
Dunn was open about her personal life in her visit with IndyStar last month, and said she’s had other partners through the years. But, for nearly two decades, that partner has been Robinson, a feisty, funny, animal-loving, gourmet-level cooking, dancing companion who completes her.
“She makes me a better person. She makes me smarter. She makes me tougher. She makes me kinder,” Dunn says. “She has been the best of the best, and I’m grateful and thankful for her.”
This article originally appeared on Indianapolis Star: Meet Fran Robinson, the partner Lin Dunn says ‘completes her’
Reporting by Dana Hunsinger Benbow, Indianapolis Star / Indianapolis Star
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