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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GAY BEARD
One of the many long-standg gay subcultur, a bear an LGBTQIA+ ntext is a large, hairy queer man who self-intifi wh the 'bear' label. Beg a bear b genr exprsn, genr inty, and sexualy; a large, hairy straight man would not be a bear. They are generally... * lgbt beard *
In the early days of queer culture, a “beard” was a wife, girliend or female pann who acted (wtgly or not) as social ver for a closeted gay man.
In the days when virile movie stars dated betiful women to ver up their secret gay liftyl, the beard was an dispensable part of the social orr.
Today, at least the rarified culture bubbl which I float, beg gay isn’t the shame issue of yteryear, and few if any need to mata a sexual inty ver-up.