Quotes from Karamo Brown

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

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

Hollywood, at the bottom of it, is about money.

I think it's just so important that parents actually really study the apps on the phones and figure out what's going on.

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.

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.

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.'

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.

Often, men forget to buy their grooming supplies.

There's a lot of 'how to adopt' books, but there's no practical resource for, say, school supplies.

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.

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.

Being vulnerable is not a sign of weakness. It's a sign of strength.

I want a big wedding.

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

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.

The perpetuation of family and cultural pressures to conform to prescribed masculine behaviors is what creates social isolation and distress in many young gay and trans people of color.

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

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.

I own about 70 L.A. Dodgers snapbacks in different colors.

The funny thing is, we teach - as a culture, we teach people that it's OK to talk about your fitness goals... Like, I want to be more physically fit, I want to drop 10 pounds, but no one's talking about how I can spend 10 days to get happier.

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

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