Tongan Olympian ‘Ami Fonua, regnised as “openly gay athlete” | Matangi Tonga

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• TONGAN OLYMPIAN ‘AMI FONUA, REGNISED AS “OPENLY GAY ATHLETE”
• OUT GAY OLYMPIC SWIMMER TO DAILY BEAST: YOU JT PUT MY OLYMPIC IENDS' LIV AT RISK
• GAY OLYMPIAN FROM ‘VERY HOMOPHOBIC’ TONGA, SLAMS ARTICLE OUTG GAY OLYMPIC ATHLET USG GRDR
• VOLLEYBALL ACH SAYS HE LEFT CHRISTIAN HIGH SCHOOL BEE THEY WOULDN’T LET HIM BE GAY
• TONGA’S GAY OLYMPIC SWIMMER TEARS TO JOURNALIST WHO ‘OUTED’ ATHLET ON GRDR
• JT 1 OPENLY GAY OLYMPIAN OM THE 71 NATNS WH ANTI-HOMOSEXUALY LAWS – ERASG 76 CRIM
• GAY OLYMPIAN AMI FONUA HAS WORDS FOR THE GRDR--R JOURNALIST
• IS PA TFATOFUA GAY? WHO’S THE BRONZED BABE CATCHG EVERYONE’S ATTENTN AT THE 2018 WTER OLYMPICS?
• AMI FONUA TALKS ABOUT REPRENTG A UNTRY THAT MAK GAY PEOPLE ILLEGAL
• GAY ATHLETE AMI FONUA SLAMS DAILY BEAST ARTICLE OUTG OLYMPIANS ON GRDR

TONGAN OLYMPIAN ‘AMI FONUA, REGNISED AS “OPENLY GAY ATHLETE”

’”Fonua's time R was tated by an article published by the Daily Beast which an edor, Ni H, who is straight, posed as a gay man to engage wh athlet the Olympic Village on hookup apps such as Grdr and Jack’ article was later eded — and eventually taken down — but the origal versn clud potentially intifyg rmatn about the Olympians wh whom H matched, some of whom me om natns where homosexualy is unrstood the damage H’ story uld flict more than most: He was openly gay when he peted R, though homosexualy was at the time — and still is — technilly illegal Tonga, punishable by up to 10 years prison. “As an out gay athlete om a untry that is still very homophobic, @thedailybeast ought to be ashamed, ” he posted, nmng H for “preyg on closeted people who n’t live their tth yet.

"Though Tonga’s bans on homosexualy and cross-drsg are seldom enforced, the society is eply Christian and socially nservative.

“We still have people dyg om homophobia, and that’s what happened to Poli, ” he said, though the circumstanc surroundg the killg are still beg vtigated. ”It’s not lost on him that other untri where LGBTQ people are persecuted are reward wh ternatnal sportg, which outlaws “gay propaganda, ” hosted the 2018 FIFA World Cup.

OUT GAY OLYMPIC SWIMMER TO DAILY BEAST: YOU JT PUT MY OLYMPIC IENDS' LIV AT RISK

And Qatar, where homosexualy is punishable by up to three years jail and Mlims of any sexual orientatn n technilly be put to ath for extramaral sex, will host the World Cup 2022 and the FINA World Aquatics Champnships 2023.

When the 2022 soccer champnships were announced 2010, then-FIFA Print Sepp Blatter suggted gay players and fans “rea om any sexual activi” while Qatar. “We have huge global sportg events untri that have terrible human rights rerds and that discrimate agast or even crimalize gay people, ” Fonua said.

GAY OLYMPIAN FROM ‘VERY HOMOPHOBIC’ TONGA, SLAMS ARTICLE OUTG GAY OLYMPIC ATHLET USG GRDR

Tongan Olympian ‘Ami Fonua, regnised as “openly gay athlete”.

‘Ami Fonua, Tonga’s Olympian swimmer and flag-bearer at the London Olympic Gam last year is beg regnised his sportg succs as an “Openly gay athlete”. Read more about Tongan Olympian ‘Ami Fonua, regnised as “openly gay athlete”. Congratulatns 'Ami, your urage to openly tell the world your sex orientatn will help to te the Tongan muny to accept Gay people as God's creatn too.

Tongan Christians nnot live a double life of preachg J love and hate Gay people at the same time. In regards to "God created Man and Woman, " before I even try to nstct your ternalized hatred towards those who intify wh the gay muny, let's start off wh fns. Openly gay Olympic swimmer Ami Fonua, who has reprented Tonga the 2012 and 2016 Summer Olympics, was bi himself wh disgt at the article by Ni H of The Daily Beast.

VOLLEYBALL ACH SAYS HE LEFT CHRISTIAN HIGH SCHOOL BEE THEY WOULDN’T LET HIM BE GAY

In the article H, a straight man, bragged about gog on the gay datg app Grdr and gettg Olympic athlet to reveal their inti to him. One of the athlet, by H' own admissn the article, was om a untry wh anti-gay laws. As an out gay athlete om a untry that is still very homophobic, @thedailybeast ought to be ashamed #plorable — Ami Fonua (@AmiFonua) Augt 11, 2016.

Openly gay Tongan athlete Ami Fonua issued a sharp nmnatn on Thursday to a horribly irrponsible and exploative Daily Beast story on athlet’ e of sex apps R that might have outed gay athlet. @thedailybeast & @NiH don’t realize this drags gays sports back 10 steps.

TONGA’S GAY OLYMPIC SWIMMER TEARS TO JOURNALIST WHO ‘OUTED’ ATHLET ON GRDR

It is still illegal to be gay Tonga, and while I'm strong enough to be me ont of the world, not everybody else is.

His piece don’t rpect his subjects: It mocks gay people and treats them like zoo animals behd a glass barrier. A high school volleyball ach Colorado says he left his job at a lol Christian high school bee he was told he uldn’t be gay and work wh children. Tonga says the school’s admistratn gave him two choic: ntue to work there, or intify as gay.

“Be gay or adm that I wasn’t gay and that I was jt havg what they ll a spirual battle, ” Tonga told 9 News Denver. He says he was lerally told beg an out gay man wasn’t an optn at Valor.

JT 1 OPENLY GAY OLYMPIAN OM THE 71 NATNS WH ANTI-HOMOSEXUALY LAWS – ERASG 76 CRIM

“I had to nounce beg a gay man, cut off any goals I had of marryg the love of my life, and lete the post and also accept their help of beg a child of God, ” Tonga said. A gay Olympic athlete om Tonga has flashed his rear end at a journalist who trawled Grdr the Olympic village. Tongan Olympian Ami Fonua, who is openly gay, tore to the story.

GAY OLYMPIAN AMI FONUA HAS WORDS FOR THE GRDR--R JOURNALIST

He tweeted: “As an out gay athlete om a untry that is still very homophobic, @thedailybeast ought to be ashamed. “It is still illegal to be gay Tonga, and while I’m strong enough to be me ont of the world, not everybody else is.

IS PA TFATOFUA GAY? WHO’S THE BRONZED BABE CATCHG EVERYONE’S ATTENTN AT THE 2018 WTER OLYMPICS?

Homosexualy is still technilly illegal Tonga unr a Colonial-era penal , wh a maximum penalty of 10 years’ imprisonment. An Italian open water swimmg star earlier this week bee the first Italian Olympic athlete at the R 2016 gam to publicly e out as gay wh an spiratnal msage about acceptance.

AMI FONUA TALKS ABOUT REPRENTG A UNTRY THAT MAK GAY PEOPLE ILLEGAL

Bosworth and his boyiend were the send gay uple to engaged at this year’s gam, after a gby sevens player was proposed to by her girliend. At the weekend, a Brazilian judo champn me out publicly as gay an terview durg the R Olympics.

Only one openly LGBTQ+ athlete the Tokyo 2020 Olympics reprented any of the 71 natns wh anti-homosexualy laws, Sports Media LGBT+ says. Fonua was also featured by NBC News the article “Tongan Olympic swimmer is petg for a medal and agast homophobia”. That article scribed an cint at the 2016 Olympics R, when a Daily Beast reporter pos as a gay man and ed Grdr and Jack’d hookup apps to intify and publicize gay Olympians.

GAY ATHLETE AMI FONUA SLAMS DAILY BEAST ARTICLE OUTG OLYMPIANS ON GRDR

Fonua unrstood the damage H’ story uld flict more than most: He was openly gay when he peted R, though homosexualy was at the time — and still is — technilly illegal Tonga, punishable by up to 10 years prison. “As an out gay athlete om a untry that is still very homophobic, [Fonua stated that] ‘@thedailybeast ought to be ashamed, ” nmng H for “preyg on closeted people who n’t live their tth yet. Though Tonga’s bans on homosexualy and cross-drsg are seldom enforced, the society is eply Christian and socially nservative.

Rsia, which outlaws “gay propaganda, ” hosted the 2018 FIFA World Cup. And Qatar, where homosexualy is punishable by up to three years jail and Mlims of any sexual orientatn n technilly be put to ath for extramaral sex, will host the World Cup 2022 and the FINA World Aquatics Champnships 2023.