30-year-old Francisco José Alvarado is a family doctor at Lavapiés Health Center in Madrid. While working tirelessly to help COVID-19 patients back in March, he contracted the virus. After making a full recovery, he returned to work. Now, he’s just been named Mr. Gay World Pride.
Alvarado says he first developed symptoms of COVID-19 around March 10.
“I began to notice them while on duty at the hospital,” he tells a local Spanish media outlet. “It started with a dry cough, but we were in a moment of collective chaos, so I didn’t pay much attention to it.”
The next day, Alvarado says he started feeling achy and fatigued. Having just finished a 24-hour shift, however, he assumed he was tired from work.
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“Coming out of a 24-hour shift, it is normal that you have the feeling that you have been beaten. It was hard to tell if that usual tiredness was from work or the symptoms.”
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But the next day, his symptoms worsened. He decided to get tested for coronavirus. When the test came back positive, he immediately went into self-quarantine.
“When I told my grandmother, she started crying. Little was known about the disease at the time and there was fear of uncertainty,” he says.
After nearly 20 days in quarantine, Alvarado no longer had any symptoms and eventually tested negative for the virus. A week later, he returned to work.
That was in early April. Then last week, he was busy tending to patients when he got a call. It was Mr. Gay World Pride calling to inform him he was being granted the title.
Alvarado had placed second in the competition the previous year. Because of the coronavirus pandemic, Mr. Gay World Pride announced it was postponing its 2020 competition. In the meantime, they needed someone to fill in, since 2019’s winner Janjep Carlos’s reign had officially concluded. As the first runner up, Alvarado got the title.
“I was at the health center when they told me,” Alvarado recalls, saying the unexpected news was a welcomed surprise during a stressful time.
He now says he hopes to use his platform to fight against homophobia.
“We must continue fighting against it,” he says. “It was 30 years ago yesterday that the World Health Organization stopped calling homosexuality a mental illness. Today, in 2020, it continues talking about conversational therapies to cure homosexuality.”
Mr. Gay World Pride says it plans to hold its official 2020 and 2021 competitions simultaneously sometime next year.
Scroll down for more pics from Alvarado’s Instagram page…
LilMesican
Today is my cheat day and I’m just here to satisfy the hunger. Thank you. ???
sonic_source
I suddenly feel dizzy. Can someone please take me to the hospital? In Madrid?
winemaker
En Espanol, lavapies significa en Ingles, ‘wash the feet’ lavapies es una gran vicina en la Capital, como Chueca, Moncloa, etc. Que medico tan guapo ye hermoso. English translation: Lavapies means ‘wash the feet and is a large neighborhood in Madrid like Chueca and Moncloa. Such a handsome and sexy doctor. Madrid, one of the most beautiful cities in the world. Viva Espana!
Troysky
…me first…and it would be morning noon and night i would f==K him
MANSUMM
I think I love him!
badpappy
Smart, great looking, great smile and puts the needs of others before his own needs.
We need many, many more humans like him.
Rock-N-RollHS
Pictures you can practically taste and feel. Furrrymmmm.
Onecaddy13
YUM!!!
Catholicslutbox
Too hairy and too chunky.
At least this guy is gay, unlike the others they post here…
Aires the Ram
Too hairy and too chunky? For who? The likes of you? Oh, that’s right, you “Matter”, no one else does. Sounds like this guy is WAY out of your league, so now you can feel better that you’ve torn him down. Got that warm feeling down there now, kind of like if you pissed your pants? ….thought so.
djmcgamester
Seriously? This guy’s hairy body is perfect. He’s got a gorgeous smile. I don’t mind a guy with a little (very little in case case) extra. Not sure why a guy needs to be the pinnacle of physical perfection to be hot.
All that said, you’re welcome to your preferences. Not that you need my approval.
rand503
Not afraid to show everything! I love that in a man.
paul dorian lord fredine
meh.
Jack
So glad that he survived. So thankful for his service to his community. Absolutely sure, however, that he’s not the only gay physician in the world that has survived COVID-19. I can’t co-sign on the thirsty gram pics. I hate that some gay people would conflate heroic efforts of LGBTQ first responder + being naked on the internet = worthy of an article and a title. We value him more than the others because he shows off? Impress me by writing the article with a pic in his scrubs and……leave the rest at the door.
TruthBeKnown
Wow – real body, real smile, real caring attitude, real chest hair — A REAL MAN! THAT’S REALLY HOT!
Aires the Ram
Bingo!!! Thanks for your nice post!
sillyme
Not only is he Fantastic looking + a Dr. who survived the Covid disease, but to go back to work again 1 week afterwards to do the same things again shows a very caring and loving man who is committed to the health of others and even his family no matter what. And until he really couldn’t get back to work he apparently didn’t know that he was sick with the virus but kept at it for 24 hrs non stop for the people that came into the hospital, He deserves a Big THANK YOU from that country and all of the World even if not from some of us here in the USA.
Tyrone Johnston
Nope. Nah. No. Nej. Nein. Non. Nem. Nie. Nee.
ingyaom
So glad to see a handsome, naturally hairy, non-emaciated man as Mr. Gay World. Thank you, Spain!
Max
all that glorious wool…
nm4047
gays can donate blood in Spain!
o.codone
Hairy Spanish guys are my dream come true. The pics are gorgeous. Esp the pic of the armpit hair. If I had to guess I’d say he’s got a beautiful furry azz. I’d like to thank him for his service. A 10 out of 10.
succubus
ugly sissy queen
phillycap
The only thing I can say to you bitches who think this man is chunky is you must have an eating disorder or body dysmorphia. Or you’re just bitches who if someone hung you, you would complain about the rope. I can understand if you merely said that he’s not your type. That’s fair. We all have types. But chunky? GTFO.