Beard Liberation Front press release
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7th September
Beard Campaigners mark World Beard Day but warn against pogonophilia
The Beard Liberation Front, the informal network of beard wearers, has said that World Beard Day, marked on 7th September in 2019, is hetero-normative and not something that progressive beard wearers can be entirely comfortable with
However the campaigners say that much of what takes place on World Beard Day is uncontroversial and often fun. The BLF cannot support the idea also propagated on World Beard Day that beards are something special and deserving of special treatment
The BLF says that as much as it opposes pogonophobia, prejudice against the hirsute, it is cautious about pogonophilia, a love of beards than can lead to discrimination against the non-bearded.
BLF Organiser Keith Flett said, of course we think people should wear their beards with pride. We are firmly against discrimination based on facial hair-pogonophobia. At that same time we certainly don’t think beards deserve special treatment or privileges even for one day.
World Beard Day link
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