Facebook Algorithms have got us all screwed up, where we only listen and talk to people with the same views as us, and I think it's not helping us as a culture to grow.
— Karamo Brown
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.
I don't like the term 'coming out' because it gives the power to the other person.
My household runs the same way it was with my parents, who were a mother and father with their kids.
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.
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.
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.
I think it's just so important that parents actually really study the apps on the phones and figure out what's going on.
Unfortunately, a lot people still don't understand queer culture.
The challenges of me being a father are just the same as any other father.
Meghan Trainor is my female crush because she's just fierce.
No matter if someone has personal feelings about my sexuality or how they view me, it's all of our job to continue to show up in spaces where we can say, 'You know what? I can figure out how to try to work with you.'
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.
When people hear my story, my hope is always that they start to believe that the life they want is possible for them, because I am living the life I've always dreamed.
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.
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.
Most of the time, people are afraid of silence, and I'm not.
It's important to learn how to have conversations with other people where it's not debating but discussing.
I think dating apps are keeping us apart.
I would say for our straight allies, your job is to listen and not judge. Then, listen and not act.
Love is love, and people need to just accept that.
Being vulnerable is not a sign of weakness. It's a sign of strength.
My main thing is obviously mental health and well-being, and then my second passion would be politics; the third would be fashion.
When you break finances down in a way that kids can understand, it creates financial literacy that grows with them as they become adults.
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.
My background is in social work and psychotherapy.
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.
Every show I've been on, my kids pay no attention. They're just like, 'Who cares. It's just dad's job.'
There's a lot of 'how to adopt' books, but there's no practical resource for, say, school supplies.
Any parent who says parenting came easily to them is not being honest with themselves. Parenting is hard.
So often, we take photos on our iPhone, and then they're gone in a year, and we don't even remember them. I like to experience life and disconnect from that.
I hate chapped lips.
I own about 70 L.A. Dodgers snapbacks in different colors.
I think that's one of the greatest gifts that I have: that I can get someone to open up, and all you have to do is ask a question and not feel like you need a response.
Being an openly gay black man, unfortunately I've had experiences working with individuals who've tried to exploit my blackness or my gayness in a way that doesn't make me feel comfortable, or they try to manipulate me into being a caricature of myself.
Most people have never been listened to, and they've never been asked questions that they want to be asked.
Its rare to see a proud and out LGBT person win an Oscar in a lead or supporting actor role.
Fatherhood is an honor, and men should be strong enough to step up to the plate.
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.
We all are scared. First of all, as a culture, we're constantly told that if you start to express yourself or express your needs, you're needy. You're too emotional. And they put all these negative connotations on it. That has started since we were kids, especially for men.
Parents don't even know what's going on on Snapchat.
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.
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 goal has always been to help as many people as I can.
I have such a deeper respect for firemen knowing how much they get paid and how much they put themselves on the line.
Most people don't remember the guy from 'The Real World.' They know the guy who is a professional, a father, and a friend that gives great advice.
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!
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.
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.
