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Def'n/Etymology of "beard"
Mojo1
I was just talking to co-workers and they said that some hollywood starlet was a “beard”. I asked and got the defn’ that it meant she was a “sham” wife for a same-sex attracted guy.
-is this term commonly used?
-can it utilize to a “sham” husband of a lesbian?
Why “beard”? I can assume of 5 words off the uppermost of my chief that would portray the situation excel than “beard”.
system2
Yes, a beard is any cover, which is how it originated–like a real beard, it covers things up and provides a disguise.
Gail3
Gay guys are not considered very masculine.
Facial hair is seen as masculine. So, anytime a lady is seen with a man a lot, people consider they are having sex. This will make the guy seem more masculine, (bearded) i.e. straight.
Elaine on Seinfeld was once a “beard” if I recall correctly.
Gail
“Any major dude with half a heart surely will reveal you, my friend–
Any minor nature that breaks apart falls together again…”
-Steely Dan
Mojo4
Yes, a beard is any cover, which is how it originated–like a real beard, it covers things up and provides a disguise.
but a beard is valid , even if it is for a disguise. And of
The Beard
When coming out to your parents goes wrong.
— Santana, Glee
If you're looking for tropes about actual beards, see Facial Hair Index.
A character who pretends to be another's heterosexual Significant Other in arrange to perpetuate the deception that the other is totally, 100% straight.
Though the term "beard" is more commonly used to relate to a gal "dating" a lgbtq+ mannote In the context of fake relationships, "beard" has also been used to refer to someone used to cover for an affair, as in Broadway Danny Rose, though the sexuality-related interpretation is much more comm
Women pay in ‘bearded’ relationships
One definition of the word beard is found mostly in slang dictionaries, though the New Oxford Dictionary of English added the alternative definition a few years ago.
A beard is defined as a woman who dates, or marries, a gay man to provide cover for the man’s homosexuality. The term also applies to a man who does the same for a lesbian lady. Current chatter at ABC.com is filled with beard comments concerning Tom Cruise’s new lady devotion. Cruise has long denied he is gay, but the rumors persist that Cruise dates and marries beautiful women, these so-called beards, to quash speculation about his sexual orientation.
A subtext to the Jim West story is the fact that West, who acknowledges he is a queer man, has also dated women, and married one. I realize some of these women. I haven’t talked to them about this, and I don’t purpose to. It’s none of my business.
But it has stirred for me this whole business of the “beard phenomenon” and the harm it does to women who assume the role of beard (unwittingly or not), the men who seek it out, and our society that colludes in the deception, rather th
The sad reality of many bearded relationships
Season 2 of Made in Heaven, created by Zoya Akhtar and Reema Kagti, addresses relevant romantic relationship issues faced in our society in each of its 7 episodes. In episode 2 there is a little, yet not-so-subtle reference to an issue that exists but is not spoken about enough in society.
Karan (played by Arjun Mathur), one of the main characters, is gay. His mother is on her death bed and claims Karan’s sexual orientation is the reason for her reaching there. In this episode, Karan is asked by his masi (aunt) to marry a lady to appease his estranged mother and fulfill her wish to see him married before she loses her battle to cancer.
When he responds by saying that he can’t receive married to a miss because he is same-sex attracted, she counters it by saying that she is his “type”, and that and he should tune for the sake of his dying mother, so that she can recover in peace.
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I am happy Karan refused. But many succumb to this pressure. In popular parlance, such a relationship or marriage would be called a “bearded” one. A beard is someone who marries (or d