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.
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.
Point-blank, there is not enough diversity in media.
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.'
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.
I was 15 years old when I came out.
We live in a society that has a long history of not valuing people of color or women.
We have to continue to do the work, because we can't see people lose their lives over senseless gun violence.
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.
I will kick my best friend out of the way if RuPaul wants to stand next to me as my best man.
We're trying to get the world to see it's not always about the outside, it's about the inside.
My first job ever was, I got hired by Oprah Winfrey.
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.
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 hate chapped lips.
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.
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!
Any parent who says parenting came easily to them is not being honest with themselves. Parenting is hard.
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.
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.
