Eric Bach is an openly gay broadster for the Frericksburg Natnals. He has major league aspiratns, but his path has been much lonelier than he would prefer.
Contents:
- BECKHAM: THE MAN WHO BROKE FOOTBALL’S GAY TABOO?
- HEY, DAVID BECKHAM: YOU N’T BE A ‘GAY IN’ AND FACE OF QATAR
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.
“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”.
HEY, DAVID BECKHAM: YOU N’T BE A ‘GAY IN’ AND FACE OF QATAR
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. “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.