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" 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. "

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" I would like to encourage hip hop artists to invite those of us who are in the queer spaces in, so we can have those conversations. I love hip hop. If you bring me in the studio, I know how to act. And we can talk about what's not cool because, clearly, there's still homophobia that penetrates in all these areas. "

" 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 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. "

" 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 was on MTV's 'Real World' at the time when 'Queer Eye' came out. I remember, the first time I won an award, I got the award, and they were like, 'It's a tie! With 'Queer Eye!'' I never thought that I would one day follow in their footsteps. "

" It's important to learn how to have conversations with other people where it's not debating but discussing. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

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" My favorite job, and definitely the one that means the most to me, is 'Queer Eye.' "

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

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