Karamo Brown Quotes
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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.
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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!
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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.
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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.'
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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.
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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.
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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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It's been more than a decade since 'The Real World: Philadelphia' aired. I've grown up. My views have evolved, as has the media landscape.
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We have to start making sure that churches start to talk about... black queerness in a way that's affirming. Because a lot of young black men are in the church, and that's where they start to learn this self-hate behavior.
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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.
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I know a lot of people who are depressed, and they walk around, and they're smiling every day, but no one's asking them how they're really doing.
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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.
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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.'
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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.
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We live in a society that has a long history of not valuing people of color or women.
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Yes, I would definitely let the 'Queer Eye' - I mean, cameras - follow me for my marriage.
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Parents don't even know what's going on on Snapchat.
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My household runs the same way it was with my parents, who were a mother and father with their kids.
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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.
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The challenges of me being a father are just the same as any other father.
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As one of the first African-Americans to be out on a reality program, MTV's 'The Real World: Philadelphia,' I understand the courage it takes to live your truth on a national platform, the importance it holds to LGBT communities of color, and the power it has to create a greater conversation within American culture.
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It's important to learn how to have conversations with other people where it's not debating but discussing.
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Encourage your friend and family member who are queer parents of color to post their stories and share it with the world. It's time for us to be seen.
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It is important to remember that if we treat people who could be allies as enemies, we can only alienate them from our cause.