I didn’t think the bearded lady existed outside the old time circus/carny shows, and then only for the shock- errrrr… “entertainment” value they provided. Maybe that’s what this person was going for. Yesterday, riding home on BART, I saw my very first, real-life bearded lady. Mind you it wasn’t a full-on beard or anything, but she definitely had a thin mustache and a very hairy chin… goatee-style. Oh yeah, and the sideburns were a little out of control too.

I couldn’t help wondering if this were actually just a very effeminate man, I mean, this person was wearing a blouse, horn-rimmed glasses, hair up in twin “buns” at the back of her head, and fingernail polish, but that still wasn’t proof enough. The clincher, however, was when they off-boarded in Oakland and the breasts made it obvious this was a woman.