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Antoni Porowski tries to eat a donut without licking his lips to help the LGBTQ+ community

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Ice Bucket Challenge.More than just another time-wasting social media stunt, the very successful campaign raised more than $115 million for research to combat the neurodegenerative disease ALS (Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis) also known as Lou Gehrig’s disease.Now Queer Eye hottie Antoni Porowski is putting his muscle behind a similar yet culinary-based style campaign to support the LGBTQ community in Poland and neighboring countries.According to the Equaversity Foundation, which raises funds for the LGBTQ+ community in Central and Eastern Europe, up to 70% of queer people in Poland say they have been the victims of a hate crime and three out of four queer youths experience suicidal thoughts.

A post shared by Equaversity Foundation (@equaversity_foundation)On Thursday, Antoni took to social media to promote the #DonutGiveUp challenge, which hopes to raise money for the community by getting people to attempt to eat a donut in a particular way.“So life is not so sweet if you are LGBTQ+ in Poland right now, where people have to fight for their rights and their right to exist every single day,” Antoni says at the top of the video.The challenge is based on viral movement in Poland in which you have to try an eat an entire donut without ever licking your lips.

Sounds easy, doesn’t it? But Antoni assures it isn’t.Watch him attempt the challenge:  A post shared by Antoni Porowski (@antoni)Just prior to gorging on the tasty delectable, the TV chef reveals the stakes to the challenge: “If you lose we encourage to make a donation to Equaversity.

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