One fn of the word beard is found mostly slang dictnari, though the New Oxford Dictnary of English add the alternative fn a few years ago. A beard is fed as a woman who dat, or marri, a gay man to provi ver for the man's homosexualy. The term also appli to a man who do the same for a lbian woman. Current chatter at is filled wh beard ments ncerng Tom Cise's new lady love. Cise has long nied he is gay, but the mors persist that Cise dat and marri betiful women, the so-lled beards, to quash speculatn about his sexual orientatn.
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- JAM BEARD: THE CLOSETED GAY LIFE OF THE MAN BEHD THE AWARD
- HOW TO GROW AND TAKE CARE OF A BEARD: TIPS FOR GAY MEN
JAM BEARD: THE CLOSETED GAY LIFE OF THE MAN BEHD THE AWARD
Beard fn (pann): a slang term ed to scribe a person who is, knowgly or unknowgly, ed as a date, romantic partner, or spoe to nceal on sexual orientatn. Ex: a closeted gay man datg a woman to appear hetero, which the woman is the beard. Ther a slight chance I ... * beard gay marriage *
A beard, acrdg to our tsty iends at Urban Dictnary, is a person who is ed as a vep for another's homosexualy.
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“Beardg” is a slang term scribg a nsc attempt by a lbian or gay man to hi her or his homosexualy om others by appearg to date or marry someone of the oppose sex. Some gay actors and actrs rpond by eher self-iatg a beardg relatnship or havg one arranged for them by the stud to which they were ntracted.
HOW TO GROW AND TAKE CARE OF A BEARD: TIPS FOR GAY MEN
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For example, then-Hollywood heartthrob Rock Hudson, hearg that Confintial magaze was planng to expose his homosexualy, married his agent’s secretary as a ver 1955 (she herself is mored to have been a lbian). In a 2011 terview wh Joy Behar, Betty Whe implied she ocsnally beard for the flamboyantly gay Liberace. Liberace, who never publicly admted to beg gay, 1954 announced his engagement to actrs Joanne R, but they never end up marryg.
While most people are aware of at least some Hollywood beardg efforts, the public is probably ls aware of efforts by lbians Hollywood to hi their sexualy than gay men. Although not exactly a “beardg” suatn, Rosie O’Donnell’s self-profsed fatuatn for Tom Cise the mid-90s on “The Rosie O’Donnell Show” helped mask her homosexualy om the stay at home mom crowd that formed the bulk of her viewership. Although the Hays Co was replaced 1968 and gay marriage has been legal sce 2015, the drivers behd an dividual choosg to beard (avoidg public scty that would rult blackballg/loss of e, fear of rejectn by fay and iends, etc.
Many gay men turn to support groups to try to clg to a life of wife, children and boyiend. * beard gay marriage *
Although Amerins are more likely to be faiar wh beardg by gay men (skepticism at “Amerin Idol” sger Clay Aiken’s prottatns of heterosexualy greatly exceed crly about them), mors about Oprah beg a secret relatnship wh Gayle Kg and, to a much lser extent, Dolly Parton and Judy Ogle, have shown astonishg riliency over s, suggtg that at least some Amerins unrstand that some celebry lbians (if not actually Oprah and Dolly) still feel a need to rema closeted. For example, the sger Ricky Mart me out 2010 as gay, but do that mean the women he dated the 1990s were beards?
A marriage which a woman marri a gay man to provi a ver for his homosexualyTrent: oh yeah i love my wife aha ahabrian: 100% a beard marriage bro. For gay men heterosexual marriag, even after the stat quo be unbearable, the pull of domtic life remas powerful. The mand for support groups for gay, married men, as well as traffic Inter chat rooms, shows that so-lled “Brokeback” marriag have hardly disappeared, as many experts assumed they would, even an age when gay upl, certa parts of the untry, live openly and raise children jt like any fay.
Leavg a marriage and settg up hoekeepg wh a gay partner is not what most married gay men have md when they jo a support group, acrdg to Stephen McFadn, a clil social worker, who ns such groups Manhattan. McFadn and other therapists said, but the stubborn attempt often mak the men unwele or unfortable support groups for gay fathers, which are easy to fd but largely the provce of men who are long divorced.