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" When you break finances down in a way that kids can understand, it creates financial literacy that grows with them as they become adults. "

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" 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. "

" Any parent who says parenting came easily to them is not being honest with themselves. Parenting is hard. "

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

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

" People always look at reality shows and think, 'How do they fall in love so quickly?' When you are quarantined with the same people, the emotions you normally feel after a year come within a week. "

" 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. "

" Love is love, and people need to just accept that. "

" We, as communities that are marginalized, need to open up our minds and realize that we should be asking and advocating for more of everyone. Let's get more gay black men; let's get more trans women. "

" What does culture mean? It's not a physical thing. I love a museum, but that, for me, doesn't make you a better person. "

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

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

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

" 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. "

" My first job ever was, I got hired by Oprah Winfrey. "

" My background is in social work and psychotherapy. "

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

" I would say for our straight allies, your job is to listen and not judge. Then, listen and not act. "

" 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. "

" There's so much toxic masculinity out there. I grew up with the notion that the more masculine you are and the less you show emotion, the more of a man you are. "

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

" Homophobia, racism, and sexism are all rooted in the same oppression that causes a group of people to internalize the oppression they've experienced and then continue the cycle of abuse. Simply put, hurt people hurt people. "

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

" 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 was 15 years old when I came out. "

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

" We're trying to get the world to see it's not always about the outside, it's about the inside. "

" 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. "