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 ...
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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
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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.
Women who have been a beard a relatnship wh a gay men, what was your experience? The age of the term beard, also known as lavenr datg or ont datg, dat to the 20th century, prr to the gay rights movements.
HOW TO GROW AND TAKE CARE OF A BEARD: TIPS FOR GAY MEN
[2] This was at a time when homosexual relatnships had not yet gaed public acceptance the Wtern world. [2] Often, the early to mid-20th century, a beard pann was ed by homosexual dividuals to nceal one's sexual orientatn through the disguise of a heterosexual relatnship.
This relatnship typilly was between a lbian and a gay man an attempt to dispel mors of homo-orientatn.