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" I can be walking down the street, and someone will stop me and ask me for one of my hugs. They feel like I'm their friend, which I love - though sometimes my kids get a little weirded out by it. "

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" In our country, being from immigrant parents, growing up black in the South, coming out at 16 years old, being a teen parent... you would assume that my life would amount to nothing. And here I stand today. So, if I can do it... you can, too! "

Karamo Brown

My Life

Life

Parents

" I came out at 16 years old as a proud, gay man. My last girlfriend in high school - when I was 15 - became pregnant with my child but did not tell me. "

" Even when you look at, like, movies with some of our famous celebrities, they don't really cry and bring out their tears until, like, forced. "

" A lot of times, we look at people who have disabilities as, 'Oh, we can't invite these people here or there.' And I hate that, because it's inappropriate. It's so weird to me when people say they don't have friends who have disabilities. "

" That's the beauty of 'Queer Eye' coming back. No matter how far you think we've come as a society, there's still work that needs to be done. "

" Fatherhood is an honor, and men should be strong enough to step up to the plate. "

" Often, men forget to buy their grooming supplies. "

" Parents don't even know what's going on on Snapchat. "

" The challenges of me being a father are just the same as any other father. "

Karamo Brown

Same

Challenges

" Being vulnerable is not a sign of weakness. It's a sign of strength. "

" What defines someone as a 'man' should not be the clothes they wear or how deep their voice is. It should be the content of his character, his strength in the face of overwhelming adversity, and his ability to still love and help others when the world has turned its back on him. "

" Really, I think the extra layer of raising a son as a gay black man comes from trying to raise a son who doesn't subscribe to masculine stereotypes. "

" My father loved me and was devoted to me until he knew I was gay, and then our relationship went south. So I always make sure that I let my sons know that I will love them, no matter what they do or who they become, for the rest of their lives. "

" Unfortunately, a lot people still don't understand queer culture. "

" In 2007, I discovered I was a father to a little boy who I did not know about. After being on MTV's 'The Real World' and traveling the world, I was greeted by a stack of papers on my doorstep informing me that I had a child. "

Karamo Brown

World

Know

" Literally, I look back on it now, and I often think to myself, 'Karamo you should have done better.' But that's the thing: when you're in that dark space, you can't do any better. And it's for people around you to say, 'You know what? I need to check in with you and be there to support you.' "

" My household runs the same way it was with my parents, who were a mother and father with their kids. "

" We must do our part to make ourselves visible to the world. Let everyone see that being a queer parent of color is normal and happening right next door to them. "

" I always had an ability to listen and give people the space to open up and express themselves, and I was hoping it would translate on TV. "

" My family is Jamaican and Cuban, but we would go to see our Jamaican side every summer for three months and every Christmas. One of the things I used to love was climbing trees and picking ackee fruit for breakfast. "

" I like walking into a home where each room has a slight scent that doesn't overpower the room and doesn't spread through the whole house. "

Karamo Brown

House

Walking

" Although someone's vote may hurt me by supporting the structures in place that hold people of colour, women, and LGBT+ people down, some people just don't realise that these structures exist. The way someone votes doesn't make them a bad person; it just means that, at the time, this was the best decision they thought they could make. "

" Point-blank, there is not enough diversity in media. "

" Gay men must be more effective caregivers to the women in their lives. "

Karamo Brown

Must

Men

" Most people have never been listened to, and they've never been asked questions that they want to be asked. "

" I think dating apps are keeping us apart. "

Karamo Brown

Keeping

I Think

" Bangkok is one of those places where it's so rich and full of tradition, but they're so open to different people - different gender expressions and gender identities. As a gay man, I never once felt uncomfortable there. As a black man, I never once felt uncomfortable. "

" My main thing is obviously mental health and well-being, and then my second passion would be politics; the third would be fashion. "

" My photo has nothing to do with the person I am, the dreams I have, the family I want to build, the family I'm from. "

" By no means am I excusing homophobic rap lyrics, but as a product of the same environments that birthed hip-hop, I fully understand why those lyrics existed. "