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Featured in Metro UK, LADbible, Tyla, National Law Review, and more. The world’s first platform for intentional partnerships and lavender marriages — built by someone living it.

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About Marty Thomas

Marty Thomas is the founder of LLMA (Life and Love Made Authentic) and the creator of llma.app, the first dedicated platform for intentional partnerships and lavender marriages. After going public about his own lavender marriage, Marty turned lived experience into a product, a movement, and a media story people keep clicking.

His content on chosen family, nontraditional partnership, and radical honesty has generated major traction across social and earned media, while LLMA gives that audience somewhere real to go.

Featured Coverage

Metro UK coverage screenshot

🇬🇧 Metro UKFeature

I'm a gay man in a lavender marriage, we don't have sex but I won't divorce my wife

Marriage, identity, and modern partnership

December 31, 2025↗

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🇬🇧 LADbibleFeature

Gay man in sexless 'lavender marriage' explains why he won't get divorce

A nontraditional family gets mainstream attention

December 31, 2025↗

Tyla coverage screenshot

🇬🇧 TylaFeature

Man in 'lavender marriage' explains why he won't leave wife despite no sex life

The internet keeps asking, so media keeps covering it

January 7, 2026↗

Need To Know coverage screenshot

🇬🇧 Need To KnowFeature

I'm in a LAVENDER marriage, we get ridiculed online but we've lasted 14 years

Longevity beats the comment section

February 23, 2026↗

National Law Review coverage screenshot

🇺🇸 National Law ReviewPress Release

The First Lavender Marriage Matchmaking App Built by Someone Actually Living One

Founder-market fit, but make it official

March 4, 2026↗

Economic Policy Times coverage screenshot

🇺🇸 Economic Policy TimesPress Release

LLMA App Launches on iOS, Offering the First Lavender Marriage Platform

Coverage of the platform launch and market positioning

Podcasts & Interviews

The Juicy Scoop with Heather McDonald podcast video thumbnail

🎙️ The Juicy Scoop with Heather McDonald🎙 Interview

Chris Franjola, Epstein, Wicked Press and Gay Clubs

Big audience, bigger conversation

The Party's Over podcast video thumbnail

🎙️ The Party's Over🎙 Interview

Podcast and interview appearance

Thoughtful conversation, less tabloid energy

Modern Marriage with Monica podcast video thumbnail

🎙️ Modern Marriage with Monica🎙 Interview

Lavender Marriage Exposed: Why Women LOVE the Idea of Marrying Gay Men

A modern-marriage podcast takes on the lavender conversation

Saucy Secrets — KIIS FM Sydney podcast video thumbnail

🇦🇺 Saucy Secrets — KIIS FM Sydney🎙 Podcast

Lavender Marriages: what they are, who chooses them, and why it’s growing

International curiosity, same story hook

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Every article I read quotes academics or talks about apps that don’t exist yet. I’ve been living this. I built the platform for it.

Marty Thomas, Founder of LLMA

Topics Available for Comment

→Lavender marriage — history, modern revival, and lived experience

→Intentional partnership vs. traditional dating culture

→Chosen family structures and legal considerations

→LGBTQ+ safety and relationship alternatives

→Gen Z dating app burnout and what comes next

→Building a tech platform around a social movement

→The economics of solo vs. partnered living

→Coming out within a marriage — what both partners actually go through

Media Contact

Marty Thomas

Founder, LLMA Ventures LLC

✉️ martin@llma.life 📞 (323) 825-6664 🎵 @itsmcmartyfly on TikTok 📸 @thelavlam on Instagram ▶️ @itsmcmartyfly on YouTube

Media kit, app screenshots, and usage data available upon request.