A gay man and a straight woman got married. They say it's not a 'lavender marriage' but founded on 'true pure love.'

A gay man and a straight woman got married. They say it’s not a ‘lavender marriage’ but founded on ‘true pure love.’

Growing up gay and without examples of successful marriages in his family, Jacob Hoff didn’t think he’d ever get married — let alone to a woman. But in November last year, Hoff, 31, married his longtime girlfriend, Samantha Wynn Greenstone, 37. When Business Insider spoke to the LA-based couple in 2023, they explained that they were in a “mixed-orientation” relationship, meaning that they have different sexual orientations. Hoff is a gay man, an…

A gay man and a straight woman got married. They say it's not a 'lavender marriage' but founded on 'true pure love.'

Jacob Hoff and Samantha Wynn Greenstone got married in 2024. Hoff is gay, and Greenstone is straight, but they say theirs is not a "lavender marriage."Jacob Hoff and Samantha Wynn GreenstoneA gay man and a straight woman got married after being together for eight years.Jacob Hoff and Samantha Wynn Greenstone are in a "mixed-orientation" marriage.BI checked in with them 18 months after our first interview to find out about their married life.Grow…