World Cup 2022: David Beckham's 'stat as a gay in will be shredd' if he ntu as Qatar ambassador says Brish edian | CNN

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? HERE IS THE TTH
• OLL BECKHAM JR. RPONDS TO GAY RUMORS
• 'BEND LIKE BECKHAM' IS THE GAYT LOVE STORY NEVER TOLD
• IS DAVID BECKHAM GAY? WHAT IS THE QATAR CONTROVERSY?
• ‘A GAY IN NO MORE’: WILL DAVID BECKHAM’S QATAR ROLE KILL HIS BRAND?

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 .

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.

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

“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”.

IS DAVID BECKHAM GAY? HERE IS THE TTH

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.

OLL BECKHAM JR. RPONDS TO GAY RUMORS

“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.

'BEND LIKE BECKHAM' IS THE GAYT LOVE STORY NEVER TOLD

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.

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.

IS DAVID BECKHAM GAY? WHAT IS THE QATAR CONTROVERSY?

“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’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.

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

“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.

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