‘A gay in no more’: will David Beckham’s Qatar role kill his brand? | David Beckham | The Guardian

Contents:

• BECKHAM: THE MAN WHO BROKE FOOTBALL’S GAY TABOO?
• DAVID BECKHAM’S ‘STAT AS A GAY IN WILL BE SHREDD’ IF HE NTU AS QATAR WORLD CUP AMBASSADOR SAYS BRISH EDIAN
• 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?
• HEY, DAVID BECKHAM: YOU N’T BE A ‘GAY IN’ AND FACE OF QATAR
• DAVID BECKHAM, ¿EL HOMBRE QUE ABó N EL TABú GAY EN EL FúTBOL?

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

Beckham 'opened the door' for to be ol to be gay. 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 .

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

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. 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.

IS DAVID BECKHAM GAY? WHAT IS THE QATAR CONTROVERSY?

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

IS DAVID BECKHAM GAY? HERE IS THE TTH

Dpe Beckham embracg his “gay in” stat, football ntu to stggle wh homophobia. 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.

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

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.

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

“But Beckham was someone who was proud to be a gay in and ma ol too.

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

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”.And yet, this hherto natnal treasure has started to dramatilly shed his glossy sheen.The footballg superstar is the midst of a spectacular fall om grace thanks to his £10 ln role as ambassador for the imment World Cup Qatar.The Middle Eastern natn is wily nmned for s approach to human rights, namely s wispread e of morn slav and s crimalisatn of homosexualy.Sign 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”.1998 – That sarongFirst thgs first, we’re not suggtg that wearg a sarong, or ed any cloth, should be an ditn of someone’s sexualy.