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. We also tried one last thg gay men n only do and the whole time I felt like was rape.
HOW TO GROW AND TAKE CARE OF A BEARD: TIPS FOR GAY MEN
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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. 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.
Many gay men turn to support groups to try to clg to a life of wife, children and boyiend. * beard gay marriage *
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.