I a “beard” the proper term for it? Meaning is that what the term for someone using a marriage as a smoke screen?
Yes, “beard” is a well-known colloquial term for a woman who is married to or in an apparent sexual relationship with a homosexual man. It’s not unknown for them to produce children, since men can do a sex act with absolutely anyone or anything, even if their preference is for anal with a man or boy.
Yes. A marriage, or a dating, relationship.