Beard Liberation Front
28th June
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National Beard Week 2020: A summary of positive images of the hirsute (& some pogonphobes)
National Beard Week, organised by the Beard Liberation Front, an informal network of beard wearers, ran from June 23rd to June 27th.
It is a long standing annual event designed to highlight positive images of hirsuteness and to call out beard haters- pogonophobes.
A summary of the results is below. They are achieved by a mixture of social media polls and, for more specialised areas such as Beard Friendly Employer, careful checks by BLF researchers.
There is no question that historian David Olusoga, broadcasters William Crawley and George Aligiah and author Michael Rosen are outstanding examples of excellence not just in their professional areas of expertise but in promoting positive images of the hirsute.
BLF Organiser Keith Flett said, beards are making progress but when you consider that this autumn’s US Presidential contest will be between two clean shaven men in suits, there is still much to do.
National Beard Week 2020
Monday 22nd June: Hirsute Personality of the Year: the beard wearer who has made the positive public impact during the year. 2020 winner- David Olusoga
Tuesday 23rd June: Beard Friendly Sandwich of the Year: the sandwich that goes in the mouth not the beard. 2020: fish finger
Wednesday 24th June: Hirsute Broadcaster of the Year: the broadcaster whose beard has had the most public impact. 2020. Shared. William Crawley, Michael Rosen, George Aligiah
Thursday 25th June: Pogonophobe of the Year: the most notorious beard hater of the year; 2020 Boris Johnson & Donald Trump
Friday 26th June: Beard Friendly Employer of the Year: the field grows wider each year 2020 The BBC
Saturday 27th June: Beard of Summer 2019: the third of the four quarterly seasonal Awards 2020 Michael Rosen
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