"lavender marriage" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: lavender marriages [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} lavender marriage (plural lavender marriages)
  1. A male-female marriage entered into in the hope of concealing the non-heterosexual sexual orientation of one or both of the spouses. Wikipedia link: lavender marriage Categories (topical): LGBT, Marriage Translations (male-female marriage intended to conceal non-heterosexuality): levendulaházasság (Hungarian), lawendowe małżeństwo [neuter] (Polish), casamento de fachada (Portuguese)

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