This out gay Olympian wants you to check out his butt… for LGBT visibility

Out gay Olympian Amini Fonua has made a stand at the Rio 2016 games… but asking people to look at his butt to promote equality.

The 26-year-old from Rio, where he competes in his second games for Tonga, he has the words “gay and lesbian” on his swimsuit.

He speaks to Vanguard Now to say: “Having the words ‘gay and lesbian’ over my butt is my way of announcing my queerness for the swimming world to see.”

Unfortunately, Fonua won’t be wearing the swimsuit when he competes for Tonga in the 100-yard breaststroke, but he is showing off the pair he was given by the Los Angeles LGBT Center.

The trunks were gifted to him when he helped to raise many thousands of dollars by participating in the Beach Volleyball Classic fundraiser.

Of course the LA Gay and Lesbian Center’s name is printed on the back.

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Tonga (/ˈtɒŋə/ or /ˈtɒŋɡə/; Tongan: [ˈtoŋa][5] Puleʻanga Fakatuʻi ʻo Tonga), officially the Kingdom of Tonga, is a Polynesian sovereign state and archipelago comprising 169 islands of which 36 are inhabited.[1] The total surface area is about 750 square kilometres (290 sq mi) scattered over 700,000 square kilometres (270,000 sq mi) of the southern Pacific Ocean. It has a population of 103,000 people[6] of whom 70% reside on the main island of Tongatapu.