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		| Originally posted by leagleaze It is when a gay person has someone of the opposite sex go out with them for the purpose of pretending em is straight.  The beard is the person the gay person brings.  Sometimes it is a gay man and a lesbian and they are each others beards.
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 Thank you.  
And I thank Aloha, too, for filling me in on the other meaning.