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" Life experiences with oppression and homophobia often become internalized and can have detrimental effects on the development of positive sexual identity for Southern black gay men. "

Karamo Brown

Life

Black

Identity

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" The black community can be competitive and cautious when it comes to those we want put on display for the world to see and judge. We are a prideful people who believe that anything that will make us seem 'less than' should be hidden. "

" 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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" I will kick my best friend out of the way if RuPaul wants to stand next to me as my best man. "

" I was a social worker most of my life while raising my two boys. "

" 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. "

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" I have such a deeper respect for firemen knowing how much they get paid and how much they put themselves on the line. "

" I always encourage people to get out there, travel the world, see new things, experience new people, experience new food, experience new culture. What happens is that helps you to grow and be your best self. "

" 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. "

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" We live in a society that has a long history of not valuing people of color or women. "

" 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. "

" Bomber jackets, for me, are the new blazers. They're something I can wear with suit pants or slacks - or I can go really urban with it. I think, as men, we don't have the little black dress that women do to go from day to nighttime, but the bomber can be the LBD for men. "

" I want a big wedding. "

" I was 15 years old when I came out. "

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

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

" My goal has always been to help as many people as I can. "

" For many gay and bisexual men of color, economic inequalities add to the pernicious effects of oppression and homophobia. "

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

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

" My life is an open book. There is nothing to hide here. "

" The worst thing about our political system is that people debate; I wish our politicians were able to talk to each other rather than scream while trying to gain sound bites. "

" It is important to remember that if we treat people who could be allies as enemies, we can only alienate them from our cause. "

" Meghan Trainor is my female crush because she's just fierce. "

" Celebrities have a platform, and people listen to them. And there's a lot of people that we are able to touch, who aren't watching activists and aren't watching the news, that are watching what celebrities say. "

" 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! "