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Gay Tongan Olympian tells journalist to f**k off

Tue 16 Aug 2016 In: International News View at Wayback View at NDHA

An openly gay Tongan athlete has bared his bum and told a gay-baiting American journalist to "kiss it and fuck off." Tongan swimmer Amini Fonua, echoed international disgust at apparently straight Daily Beast journalist Nico Hines who used the Grindr app to lure closeted athletes into meeting up with him in Rio and then wrote it up in a sneering manner which effectively outed several competitors from homophobic countries. ***image1***Fonua took the Daily Beast to task, saying it "ought to be ashamed" for potentially "endangering peoples lives." Then, under his bare-butt image on Instagram he wrote: "Yo @nicohines   

Credit: GayNZ.com daily News staff

First published: Tuesday, 16th August 2016 - 10:21am

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