Amini Fonua, an Olympic swimmer from Tonga and one of the many openly gay athletes competing at the games, was rightfully incensed whenstraight Daily Beast writer, Nico Hines, outed athletes with his attempts at “humor” in aGrindr-In-Rio story.
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He said he was moved to tears by the article becauseit may have compromised the identities of gay athletes at Rio who had not yet come out.
via: Huffington Post
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The negative response to the article was swift, with critics claiming Hines was able to simultaneously out athletes from countries where it can be dangerous (and deadly) to be gay while also slut-shaming them.
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Fonua took to Twitter to express his opinions and didn’t hold back. (Warning: There is some language.)
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