Lavender marriage is getting a generational remix. Historically, these unions were often implemented to protect queer individuals. They can also involve “one queer individual marrying another queer person or a heterosexual person of the opposite sex, strictly for the legal benefits and convenience,” said Vice . Now, Millennials and Gen Z are embracing the legal maneuver in response to not just the current regressive threat against LGBTQ+ rights but also to ease financial burden and relish the emotional support of platonic companionship.

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Lavender marriages “formed as a way of concealing same-sex attraction in a society where being openly queer could mean social ostracism, career ruin or even criminalization,” Gio Dolcecore, an assistant professor of social work at Mount

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