Beard Liberation Front
Press release 1st July contact Keith Flett 07803 167266
Beard Week 2019 underlined the centrality of facial hair in British life say campaigners
The Beard Liberation Front, the informal network of beard wearers, has said that with National Beard Week concluding last Saturday, it is clear that facial hair now has a centrality in British life that it didn’t have 10 years ago.
Whether its in sport, where England cricketer Moeen Ali was voted Hirsute Personality of the Year or in wider public life, as the BBC slammed by Jeremy Paxman in 2013 as pogonophobic, was announced as Beard Friendly Employer of the Year, beards have moved centre stage
BLF Organiser Keith Flett said, discrimination against the hirsute is now less than it was and the Beard Liberation Front and the annual Beard Week have played a role in that. However there Is still much to do in the wider battle of making sure that people can dress and appear as they want without unnecessary rules and regulations
National Beard Week 2019. The Awards
Monday 24th June: Hirsute Personality of the Year: the beard wearer who has made the positive public impact during the year. 2019 winner, England cricketer Moeen Ali
Tuesday 25th June: Beard Friendly Sandwich of the Year: the sandwich that goes in the mouth not the beard. 2019: marmite peanut butter
Wednesday 26th June: Hirsute Broadcaster of the Year: the broadcaster whose beard has had the most public impact. 2019 Gary Lineker
Thursday 27th June: Pogonophobe of the Year: the most notorious beard hater of the year; 2019 Boris Johnson
Friday 28th June: Beard Friendly Employer of the Year: the field grows wider each year 2019 The BBC
Saturday 29th June: Beard of Summer 2019: the third of the four quarterly seasonal Awards. 2019 Philip Wilton, Tottenham cheesemaker, Wildes Cheese
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