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