FiliasCupio
Since: Apr, 2010
May 16th 2018 at 5:19:06 PM
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There is also a trope Fake Relationship, which, as written, seems indistinguishable from The Beard. Restricting The Beard to the gay case would be a resolution of this.
FiliasCupio
Since: Apr, 2010
May 16th 2018 at 5:30:36 PM
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Additional thought: if taking this up, The Beard can cover any Fake Relationship used to conceal sexuality or gender - e.g. a Sweet Polly Oliver having a girlfriend who tells everyone how great 'he' is in bed, or a straight person in a fake same sex relationship so as to appear lesbian/gay.
R.G.
Since: Jan, 2001
Jan 20th 2014 at 1:46:00 PM
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Would a lesbian who pretends to be a guy's girlfriend qualify as well?
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Larkmarn
Since: Nov, 2010
hcobb
Since: Jan, 2001
Does anyone feel like this trope should be specifically for examples where a gay person uses an opposite-sex lover to look straight? Because that's usually the way in which the word "beard" is used colloquially. Cases where people employ a fake love interest for reasons other than hiding their sexual orientation (like, a straight woman using a male friend, gay or straight, as a fake boyfriend to get relatives to stop asking her why she's still single) seem like they should be a separate trope.
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