David Beckham signs on to be the face of Qatar, where beg gay is punishable by ath - Queerty

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
• 'BEND LIKE BECKHAM' IS THE GAYT LOVE STORY NEVER TOLD
• DAVID BECKHAM, ¿EL HOMBRE QUE ABó N EL TABú GAY EN EL FúTBOL?
• OLL BECKHAM JR. RPONDS TO GAY RUMORS
• IS DAVID BECKHAM GAY? HERE IS THE TTH
• HEY, DAVID BECKHAM: YOU N’T BE A ‘GAY IN’ AND FACE OF QATAR
• ‘A GAY IN NO MORE’: WILL DAVID BECKHAM’S QATAR ROLE KILL HIS BRAND?
• IS DAVID BECKHAM GAY? WHAT IS THE QATAR CONTROVERSY?
• DAVID BECKHAM SIGNS ON TO BE THE FACE OF QATAR, WHERE BEG GAY IS PUNISHABLE BY ATH
• 15 BT GAY AND LGBTQ PORNSTARS 2023
• OLL BECKHAM JR.'S DANCE PARTNER RPONDS TO GAY RUMORS

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

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”.

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

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.

“Beckham said to the world: ‘I’m straight, I’m the England pta and I thk ’s ol people are gay.

'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. “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. 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. “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. Alai Uned player Josh Cavallo, who me out as gay last year, told CNN Sport he would like to see Beckham g his platform to support the LGBTQ muny stead of promotg the Qatari ernment. 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?

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

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.

OLL BECKHAM JR. RPONDS TO GAY RUMORS

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.

IS DAVID BECKHAM GAY? HERE IS THE TTH

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? Beckham d entrevistas a revistas dirigidas a públi homosexual y renoció públimente que le teraba su imagen. (CNN) — A David Beckham siempre le gtó dar efecto al balón para que roara a la barrera, pero cuando se trató la barrera la homosexualidad en el fútbol, la atravó directamente, jto en el centro.

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

El expán la selección gla anunció su retiro l fútbol te juev; fue la primera supertrella l fútbol en aceptar su tat “símbolo gay”, ncedió entrevistas s reparos a las revistas dirigidas a públi homosexual y habló abiertamente s fans gay.

“Lo que Beckham hizo fue romper el prolongado silenc que roa a la homosexualidad en el fútbol”, dijo Newkey-Burn a CNN. Se relacnó abiertamente n su fans gay, dijo que le enntaba ser un símbolo gay y que taba feliz que su posa lo difundiera”.

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

“Fue el primero que d entrevistas a las revistas gay; ant, ngún futbolista lo habría hecho.

IS DAVID BECKHAM GAY? WHAT IS THE QATAR CONTROVERSY?

Durante una entrevista n la BBC en 2007, Beckham habló que se sentía ulloso que lo intifiran o “símbolo gay”. Una vez, Newkey-Burn pasó c m tratando anizar una entrevista n el centrompista; el jugador accedió falmente spués leer uno los artículos que el perdista había cro acer l fútbol y la homosexualidad en la revista Four Four Two. “David leyó el artículo que cribí acer los avanc que ha habido en el fútbol rpecto al bate ntra la homofobia”, rerdó Newkey-Burn.

Hay 92 club que juegan en alguna liga en Inglaterra y da equipo tiene cer 20 jugador, así que, tadístimente, be haber algunos jugador gay”, agregó el perdista. “Beckham le dijo al mundo: ‘Soy heterosexual, soy el pán la selección gla y creo que tá bien que la gente sea gay’”. A par que Beckham aceptó su tat “símbolo gay”, el fútbol sigue luchando ntra la homofobia.

(Lee la historia un futbolista que renuncia a la nchas para por renocer su homosexualidad). En febrero, la trella tadouninse, Robbie Rogers, anunció que se retiraría l fútbol tras “salir l clóset”, por lo que el jugador sue, Anton Hysen, el úni jugador abiertamente gay que queda en Europa.

DAVID BECKHAM SIGNS ON TO BE THE FACE OF QATAR, WHERE BEG GAY IS PUNISHABLE BY ATH

“Los fans gay l fútbol no quieren admirar a 11 jugador pulcramente peados y n manicura”, dijo el perdista y biógrafo celebridas que ha cro libros acer Ale, Brangela, Michael Jackson y Paris Hilton. As a gay man baffl me that he is apparently nsired a gay in (the relevance of this is the threat of beg taken away bee of the World Cup).

Hontly while I don’t like football general and am not surprised that the rptn of fifa lead the last World Cups to be plac wrhe wh homophobia I don’t get how this is a thg, what exactly has he done for the gay muny?

While he wasn’t explicly asked if he’s gay, the terviewer brought up the mors ma mostly by social media ers. 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.

15 BT GAY AND LGBTQ PORNSTARS 2023

The ternatnal sensatn embrac his elevated stat the LGBTQ muny and openly urts gay fans. But now, he’s reportedly close to beg the whewashed face of one of the most notor anti-gay untri the world.

Back 2014, Qatar’s sports mister was ambiguo about whether openly gay fans will be wele for the World Cup, parg their existence to the prospect of sellg beer at stadiums (alhol sal are severely rtricted throughout the untry). The chief executive for the 2022 World Cup, Nasser al-Khater, said 2019 that gay people should feel safe the untry — as long as they keep their hands to themselv. Still, homosexualy remas illegal, and agreeg to fly rabow flags at soccer stadiums don’t make up for outright discrimatn.

OLL BECKHAM JR.'S DANCE PARTNER RPONDS TO GAY RUMORS

Beckham holds a special place gay sports lore, partially due to his sexy-as-hell unrwear ads, and partially due to his marriage to Victoria “Posh” Beckham. To his cred, the English pta has always regnized his gay fans — even while the topic of homosexualy was still taboo ele male team sports. Wherever Fahad, a gay man his 40s, walks his home cy of Doha, om the Qatari pal’s astal promena, known as the Corniche, to the gleamg streets of the super-morn downtown Msheireb district, David Beckham s down om the billboards and the big flashg former England pta, hband to the former Spice Girl Victoria, father to Brooklyn, Romeo, Harper and Cz, is not jt a face of the World Cup kickg off this Sunday, he is the pre-ement figure – a 2022 versn of the 1966 mast World Cup Willie some might be tempted to say, if not somethg tri to be unrstandg about the temptatn posed by the £150m al that Beckham is said to have been offered by Qatar, albe the value of the ntract is disputed.

Two weeks ago, Beckham, donng dark sunglass, posed alongsi the Brish sculptor Hugo Dalton and his stallatn of goln goal posts on Doha’s Lail Cy a jarrg ntrast, Human Rights Watch reported jt a few days before the sunny photoshoot on the sufferg of gay and transgenr people who said they had been taed as recently as October an unrground prison Doha’s Al Dafna district, six south of the goln posts, where they had been varly verbally abed, slapped, kicked and punched until they bled.

Robbie Williams and Black Eyed Peas have e unr fire for agreeg to Beckham, ntrary to the pet name Goln Balls given to him by his wife the nocent days of 2008, when he uld do no wrong, has been the central target of the 2002 Beckham posed for the ver of Attu, the gay magaze, and subsequently ma the unniably pneerg statement a game riddled wh homophobia that he was “honoured to have the tag of gay in” distance Beckham has seemgly travelled the last two s might acunt for much of the vehemence of the backlash g his relatnship wh Qatar, a untry wh which he has longstandg lks om his time as a player at the French club, Paris Sat-Germa, owned by Tamim b Hamad Al Thani, the emir of Qatar, now arguably prents the biggt risk to the Beckham brand sce his talent and “curtas” haircut ught the public attentn wh an dac halfway-le goal agast Wimbledon 1996 the red of Manchter Powar, the director of Fare, an anti-discrimatn group that has an arrangement wh Fifa to post monors the World Cup stadiums Qatar, said had plead behd the scen whout succs for the untry’s supreme mtee, charge of the event, to make a public statement welg LGBTQ+ people to the football. “Dpe Qatar beg a sexist, homophobic and racist dictatorship, he’s reportedly scribed as ‘perfectn’, ” he said. Well, no, David Beckham has not ma any announcement about him beg gay, or he has e out of the closet.