Out Olympian Gus Kenworthy left little to the imagination last week when he tweeted a photo of his torso and yellow swim trunks.
The photo quickly grabbed gay Twitter’s attention, getting over 2,000 retweets and more than 28,000 likes.
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just another headless torso for your grid pic.twitter.com/Y2v8Scxv7H
— Gus Kenworthy (@guskenworthy) May 29, 2019
Minutes later, Kenworthy tweeted: “k now that I’ve gotten your attention please donate to my AIDS/ Life Cycle campaign! 🙏🏼❤️” He included a link to his AIDS/ Life Cycle fundraiser.
k now that I’ve gotten your attention please donate to my AIDS/ Life Cycle campaign! 🙏🏼❤️ https://t.co/rw55Ophoc6
— Gus Kenworthy (@guskenworthy) May 29, 2019
The eighteenth annual AIDS/LifeCycle, is a seven-day bike ride from San Francisco to Los Angeles that raises money for HIV/AIDS services. The ride, which raised $16.6 million last year, will kick off June 2.
As of Sunday afternoon, Kenworthy had personally raised more than $222K for the cause.
Here’s how Gay Twitter reacted to the picture:
Is there an only fans yet or what pic.twitter.com/zwFESBI8un
— Tyler Dårlig Ulv 🐺 (@tylerthebadwolf) May 29, 2019
Oh god, this pic is gonna be really useful
— Lord Tyrell (@LuisThirdWorld) May 29, 2019
The thirst…the thirst is overwhelming… pic.twitter.com/c3CCs93QJj
— 🏳️🌈 (@BaronVonTrans) May 29, 2019
— Dr Nick 🏳️🌈 (@NichSmith) May 29, 2019
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