Beard for gay men
The Beard
When coming out to your parents goes wrong.
— Santana, Glee
If you're looking for tropes about actual beards, notice Facial Hair Index.
A traits who pretends to be another's heterosexual Significant Other in order to perpetuate the deception that the other is totally, 100% straight.
Though the designation "beard" is more commonly used to refer to a woman "dating" a gay 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 meaning is much more comm
How did "beard" come to signify "sham marriage".
syncrolecyne1
At least that is what I suppose it means - when a queer male star marries a willing gal to squash rumors of homosexuality. Or maybe its any sham marriage for publicity purposes, I am not sure.
This thread title , which is actually about a stars facial hair, got me thinking about how that legal title came into place. Its sort of odd.
Is this male lover slang or just Hollywood insider communicate (I only possess heard it used for actors). And is it the marriage that is called a “beard” or is it the wife?
Sampiro2
A “beard” is a superficial thing that a man can undertake to emphasize his masculinity (rather appreciate a lot of teenagers will expand a little scraggly beard or moustache as soon as they can just to prove they have testosterone). The slang use of the word “beard” started for much the same reason: it’s a “fashion accessory to verify manhood”, or “Liza with a Z” to her friends.
I have heard the term “bonnet” used for lesbians who marry, but it’s not as common.
VH1 had some newer gay slang I’d never heard, incidentally:
http://www.vh1.com/shows/dyn/totally_gay/series_featured_copy.jhtml
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A little question....beard?
mickeysaver said:
No offense taken. I think the devil made me do it. MaggieClick to expand...
Yep, the devil made you do it.
Thanks for helping to clear up what a beard is. And just to make sure I have it straight (hahaha), a beard knows that they are a beard...correct? They grasp the deal and that they are participating in the disguise. Am I right on that? A person who doesnt know would not be a beard? Am I making any sense? And a "hag" (hoping not to offend, just desire clarification) wouldn't necessarily be a beard right? Dont comprehend why I am needing to comprehend all this, its just bugging me that I can't make it all out.
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Straight woman with gay dude = beard, so...
DMark1
If a straight woman with a same-sex attracted man is a beard, what do you call a linear guy with a lesbian?
Sultan_Kinkari2
Hard up.
…Is she “butch” or “lipstick”?
MonkeyMensch3
I was under the impression that a beard was a male friend covering for the truth that you have a mistress. By taking her out and being seen with her no one is the wiser to who is dillying whose dally.
Of course I’ve been wrong twice before…
Redboss4
In my experience it’d be rare to hear someone cite to a straight woman out with a gay man as a beard. Fag-hag maybe - awful expression!
Monkeymensch is right I think. The beard is the “cover” to confuse observers. Gentle of the way a chaperone is supposed to ensure that everyone’s reputations stay spotless.
None of the above have worked since 1960.
Redboss
MEBuckner5
According to this Glossary of Sayings, Slang, Signs and Symbols for Gay Men, I reflect the answer to the interrogate in the OP would be “a beard”.
Beard, “A person of the opposite sex, either heterosexual or homosexual, who knowingly dates or marries a closeted womxn loving womxn or gay man to provide that person with a h