David Beckham, ¿el hombre que abó n el tabú gay en el fútbol? | CNN

Contents:

• IS DAVID BECKHAM GAY? HERE IS THE TTH
• IS DAVID BECKHAM GAY? WHAT IS THE QATAR CONTROVERSY?
• DAVID BECKHAM, ¿EL HOMBRE QUE ABó N EL TABú GAY EN EL FúTBOL?
• ‘A GAY IN NO MORE’: WILL DAVID BECKHAM’S QATAR ROLE KILL HIS BRAND?
• FOX NEWS ANCHOR IS TOTALLY GAY FOR DAVID BECKHAM
• HEY, DAVID BECKHAM: YOU N’T BE A ‘GAY IN’ AND FACE OF QATAR

IS DAVID BECKHAM GAY? HERE IS THE TTH

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”. \u201cdavid beckham photographed by david lachapelle for gq, 2002\u201d — High End Homo (@High End Homo).

16667087452002 – Beg a gay ver starThat same year, when Beckham also happened to be the England team pta, he ma history by beg the first heterosexual footballer to appear on the ont ver of a gay publitn when his face was splashed across Attu a 2015 article markg s 21-year anniversary, wrer Malee Morley ced Becks’s as her favoure of all the magaze’s ver shoots. “He is an in of morn masculy and so was a real moment, a signal to the untry that was OK to be OK wh gay people, ” she wrote at the time.

2002 – Sir Elton John be godfather to two of his kidsBeckham has repeatedly shared his love for close iend Sir Elton John, even namg him as godfather to not one but two of his sons: Brooklyn and, we n’t image all footballers would be so ready to profs their closens to an openly gay man, but that’s never been an issue for old Goln 2019, he posted a snap of himself wh his arm around his pal, ptned: “Geo day wh Elton John David Furnish. Beckham has been iends wh Sir Elton for nearly three sDavid Beckham/Facebook2007 – ‘I feel honoured to be a gay in’Beckham said he felt “honoured to have the tag of ‘gay in’” durg a 2002 terview wh the then-32-year-old suggted to the L of Enquiry rad programme that he’d possibly earned himself the acla bee: “I like to look after myself, I like to look smart and prentable most of the time. ”2009 – Officially hailed as a gay inIn 2009, a survey of 5, 000 gay men and lbians named s top 10 list of “male celebry gay ins” one of the ins wasn’t actually gay himself: you gused … David Beckham.

IS DAVID BECKHAM GAY? WHAT IS THE QATAR CONTROVERSY?

2014 – Celebratg Gay PriNot necsarily bt known for his way wh words, Becks shared a photo of a rabow flag to his Facebook page June 2014, along wh the ptn: “Great to see people celebratg Gay Pri around the world this weekend. 2018 – Named a top 10 ‘Celebry Ally’ at the Brish LGBT+ AwardsJt four years before he’d scribe an eveng Qatar as “perfectn for me”, Beckham was named a top ally at the Brish LGBT+ ’s what the ceremony’s anisers said of him at the time: “Faced wh tribal football fans, a vic sports prs and a bayg bevvy of showbiz journalists, David Beckham has never shied away om his stat as a gay in. ”June 2020 – Wearg a Pri t-shirtBack to the footballer’s wardrobe June 2020, Becks's popstar-turned-signer wife Victoria shared a snap of her hubby wearg a t-shirt of her own top bore the words "Listen Whout Prejudice" – the tle of Gee Michael's 1990 album – a rabow font, celebratn of Pri top was a tribute to both Gay Pri and the late Gee MichaelVictoria Beckham/InstagramMay 2022 – 'It shouldn't be strange for a footballer to e out'Beckham told theEveng Standararlier this year that he was glad football had improved sce his own playg days when to tacklg prejudice.

“I played for 22 years, I saw a lot of racism and homophobia and do thk has changed, " he said. ” The former Man Utd star said of Blackpool’s Jake Daniels, who me out as the first gay current player May: “It’s a shame that when someone do e out that ’s such a strange thg.

He ntued: “At the end of the day there will be a huge amount of gay people sports and why should they be any different om anyone else?

DAVID BECKHAM, ¿EL HOMBRE QUE ABó N EL TABú GAY EN EL FúTBOL?

For ee real time breakg news alerts sent straight to your box sign up to our breakg news emailsSign up to our ee breakg news emailsDavid Beckham has been acced of “stampg out hope” for the LGBT+ muny Qatar bee of his ntroversial promotnal work for the untry’s World Cup, which begs jt a few weeks’ accatn was ma by Dr Nas Mohamed who earlier this year beme the first Qatari to publicly out himself as gay.

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

Homosexualy is illegal Mohamed has wrten an open letter to the former England pta claimg, among other thgs, that the star was guilty of “takg money and lookg the other way” bee of his PR efforts for Doha. The man who ptaed England 59 tim, and end an illtr reer at Qatari-owned Paris Sat-Germa, once claimed he was honoured to be known as a “gay in”. But Beckham has so far remaed silent on such former footballers have been chosen as “global ambassadors” to promote Qatar, cludg Barcelona ach Xavi and Cameroon’s Samuel Eto’o, who both lived and played football Doha, but the Englishman’s volvement wh a untry wily cricised for s human rights ab is seen as particularly Nas Mohamed lls on Beckham to sign a petn he has lnched llg on Qatar to crimalise homosexualy (Nas Mohamed)Homosexualy n rry a punishment of several years jail.

FOX NEWS ANCHOR IS TOTALLY GAY FOR DAVID BECKHAM

A nservative and relig state, Qatar uld theoretilly apply the ath penalty for the “crime”, although no such punishment has been Mohamed’s sthg letter, sent at the end of last month, is notable that is the first public nmnatn of the footballer om a gay Qatari.

Although The Inpennt has spoken to many Qataris who are gay, those the Gulf are too fearful to e out have told of a life full of fear, anxiety and mistst, one domated by the need to keep somethg as natural as their sexualy hidn for fear of severe and, the worst s, fatal repercsns.

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

It has phed a discreet and guard society to a largely unflatterg global spotlight and prompted fierce cricism of Doha’s poor human rights rerd, cludg s posn on homosexualy.

The One Love armband that will be worn at the Qatar World Cup (FA handout/PA)The LGBT+ issue has bee a flashpot for the approachg tournament, leadg some fans to worry about their safety when Doha, while some fans have said they will not attend the event specifilly bee of the untry’s laws on homosexualy. He also lls on Beckham to sign a petn he has lnched llg on Qatar to crimalise homosexualy, not jt durg the World Cup but lols Doha have told The Inpennt they do not want “Wtern savurs”, nor are they satisfied wh Qatari thori for turng a bld eye durg the World Cup only.

But spe mors and speculatn about his sexual orientatn over the years, Beckham has remaed tight-lipped about whether he is or isn’t gay. Is David Beckham Gay?