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Flashback Friday: When Hollywood promoted lavender marriage for gay stars to keep their sexuality a secret
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pinkvilla.comHollywood wasn’t always as woke as it is today. Watching celebrities fearlessly raising their voice against social injustice, racism, and sexism, it is almost impossible to believe that there was a point when the studios in the American film industry forced gay stars to hide their sexual preferences.
It wasn’t just about asking the actors to keep their sexuality under tight wraps, but the film studios also promoted the concept of “lavender marriages” under which the stars had to marry a person of the opposite sex.For the sale of their careers, the LGBT actors had to maintain a socially acceptable relationship in the public eye if they wished to stay in the business.
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