This gay man married his straight girlfriend, says monogamous relationship “transcends” sexuality
covered by The New York Times.We know what you’re thinking, but save your judgment; as social media influencers, they’ve heard every critique in the book — and it’s kind of their whole schtick.
Subscribe to our newsletter for a refreshing cocktail (or mocktail) of LGBTQ+ entertainment and pop culture, served up with a side of eye-candy.The unconventional arrangement works because, according to Hoff, their bond goes deeper than orientation.“It’s very clear,” he explained in a recent video. “Samantha is the person I’m connected to spiritually … the person I wanna spend the rest of my life with, and that often times transcends just plain old sexuality.”Watch.A post shared by Jacob Hoff (@jacobmhoff)That said, his relationship with Greenstone didn’t start out this way.
Apparently, it all began in 2015 when they met at a Fiddler on the Roof callback — naturally — and “never stopped hanging out pretty much every single day after,” Hoff told the Times.After 18 months, Greenstone had developed feelings for her gay BFF, so she turned to an energy healer who told her they shared “a spiritual umbilical cord.” For real.“It was like someone had found the words to explain our connection and package it in a way that made me finally understand what we had between us,” she told the Times.
A post shared by SAMANTHA WYNN GREENSTONE (@samanthawynngreenstone)It turned out the feelings were mutual. In 2017, they started dating, a year later, they moved in together, and Hoff proposed in 2023.Though the couple maintains that they’re “attracted to each other,” they told followers that they’re “intimate” on a “different level.”“I am gay, and as a gay person, you can keep your identity as that even if your relationship doesn’t match that,” Hoff told the Times, explaining that their “monogamous relationship” goes “beyond a visual lustful connection.”As for Greenstone, she said her gay husband makes her “feel like the most treasured, attractive, amazing person in the world.”Last month, the two.
