I helped David Beckham bee a gay in – now, hypocrisy is everywhere | The Inpennt

Contents:

• DAVID BECKHAM’S ‘STAT AS A GAY IN WILL BE SHREDD’ IF HE NTU AS QATAR WORLD CUP AMBASSADOR SAYS BRISH EDIAN
• BECKHAM: THE MAN WHO BROKE FOOTBALL’S GAY TABOO?
• I HELPED DAVID BECKHAM BEE A GAY IN – NOW, HYPOCRISY IS EVERYWHERE
• HEY, DAVID BECKHAM: YOU N’T BE A ‘GAY IN’ AND FACE OF QATAR
• IS DAVID BECKHAM GAY? WHAT IS THE QATAR CONTROVERSY?
• IS DAVID BECKHAM GAY? HERE IS THE TTH
• ‘A GAY IN NO MORE’: WILL DAVID BECKHAM’S QATAR ROLE KILL HIS BRAND?
• DAVID BECKHAM’S ‘STAT AS A GAY IN WILL BE SHREDD’ IF HE NTU AS QATAR WORLD CUP AMBASSADOR SAYS BRISH EDIAN

DAVID BECKHAM’S ‘STAT AS A GAY IN WILL BE SHREDD’ IF HE NTU AS QATAR WORLD CUP AMBASSADOR SAYS BRISH EDIAN

David Beckham’s “stat as a gay in will be shredd” if the former England pta and Manchter Uned star ntu his role as a Qatar World Cup ambassador said Brish edian Joe Lycett on Sunday.

In a vio posted on Twter, Lycett, a Brish edian who scrib himself as queer on his webse, said he would donate £10, 000 ($11, 000) to chari supportg “queer people football” or put the money through the shredr along wh “Beckham’s reputatn as a gay in” if the former footballer did not cut ti wh Qatar. “Homosexualy is illegal, punishable by imprisonment and, if you’re Mlim, possibly even ath, ” said Lycett an Instagram post.

World's only openly gay active pro footballer is ncerned for LGBTQ muny ahead of Qatar 2022.

BECKHAM: THE MAN WHO BROKE FOOTBALL’S GAY TABOO?

“You’re the first Premiership footballer to do shoots wh gay magaz like Attu, to speak openly about your gay fans, ” Lycett said.

Unr Qatari law, homosexualy is illegal and punishable by up to three years prison. Alai Uned player Josh Cavallo, who me out as gay last year, told CNN Sport he would like to see Beckham g his platform to support the LGBTQ muny stead of promotg the Qatari ernment. Beckham 'opened the door' for to be ol to be gay.

I HELPED DAVID BECKHAM BEE A GAY IN – NOW, HYPOCRISY IS EVERYWHERE

David Beckham was always apt at curlg the ball around a wall – but when me to the barrier of homosexualy football, he broke straight through .

HEY, DAVID BECKHAM: YOU N’T BE A ‘GAY IN’ AND FACE OF QATAR

Former England pta Beckham, who announced his retirement om football Thursday, was the first superstar footballer to embrace his “gay in” stat, eely givg terviews to gay magaz and openly talkg about his gay fan base. “What David Beckham did was break the long silence about homosexualy football, ” Newkey-Burn told CNN. “He openly urted his gay fan base, sayg he loved beg a gay in and was happy for his wife to broadst that around.

“He was the first to give terviews to gay magaz – before that, no footballer would have done that.

IS DAVID BECKHAM GAY? WHAT IS THE QATAR CONTROVERSY?

In an terview wh the BBC given 2007, Beckham spoke of his pri at beg tagged as a “gay in”. Once Newkey-Burn spent five months tryg to anize an terview wh the midfielr, only for the player himself to sanctn the piece after readg one of the journalist’s articl on football and homosexualy Four Four Two magaze.

“David read the piece I did about how far football had e alg wh homophobia, ” Newkey-Burn relled.

IS DAVID BECKHAM GAY? HERE IS THE TTH

“Look, there are 92 league clubs England wh each squad havg around 20 players, so statistilly, there mt be some gay players, ” add the journalist. “Beckham said to the world: ‘I’m straight, I’m the England pta and I thk ’s ol people are gay. Dpe Beckham embracg his “gay in” stat, football ntu to stggle wh homophobia.

‘A GAY IN NO MORE’: WILL DAVID BECKHAM’S QATAR ROLE KILL HIS BRAND?

Football star Robbie Rogers announced he was retirg om football after “g out” – leavg Swedish player Anton Hysen as the only openly gay player Europe.

DAVID BECKHAM’S ‘STAT AS A GAY IN WILL BE SHREDD’ IF HE NTU AS QATAR WORLD CUP AMBASSADOR SAYS BRISH EDIAN

Read: In search of a gay soccer hero.

“Gay football fans don’t want 11 neatly iffured and manicured players to admire, ” said the journalist and celebry bgrapher who has wrten books about Ale, Brangela, Michael Jackson and Paris Hilton. “But Beckham was someone who was proud to be a gay in and ma ol too. Read: The gay footballer who chose eedom.

David Beckham is the sarong-wearg, goln ball-swgg hband of a Spice Girl who basilly vented the word “metrosexual” yet, this hherto natnal treasure has started to dramatilly shed his glossy footballg superstar is the midst of a spectacular fall om grace thanks to his £10 ln role as ambassador for the imment World Cup Middle Eastern natn is wily nmned for s approach to human rights, namely s wispread e of morn slav and s crimalisatn of up for our ee Indy100 weekly newsletterAnd so the qutn on everyone’s lips is: how n a self-proclaimed gay ally jtify promotg a untry which systematilly locks up LGBTQ+ people? To illtrate the extent of Beckham’s hypocrisy (and up the prsure on him to end his multi-ln-pound al wh the Qataris), dy100 has piled a list of the moments over the years that cemented his now cmblg stat as a “gay in”.