Contents:
- BECKHAM: THE MAN WHO BROKE FOOTBALL’S GAY TABOO?
- 'BEND LIKE BECKHAM' IS THE GAYT LOVE STORY NEVER TOLD
- OLL BECKHAM JR RPONDS TO GAY MOURS: “LOVE IS LOVE”
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. “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.
'BEND LIKE BECKHAM' IS THE GAYT LOVE STORY NEVER TOLD
“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.
OLL BECKHAM JR RPONDS TO GAY MOURS: “LOVE IS LOVE”
“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. 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.