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. Karamo Brown Read Quote
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. Karamo Brown Read Quote
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. Karamo Brown Read Quote
Any parent who says parenting came easily to them is not being honest with themselves. Parenting is hard. Karamo Brown Read Quote
Although someone’s vote may hurt me by supporting the structures in place that hold people of colour, women, and LGBT+ people down, some people just don’t realise that these structures exist. The way someone votes doesn’t make them a bad person; it just means that, at the time, this was the best decision they thought they could make. Karamo Brown Read Quote
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. Karamo Brown Read Quote
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. Karamo Brown Read Quote
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. Karamo Brown Read Quote
