Karamo Brown Quotes

Self-doubt is a constant companion for a chubby, gay, black boy born in the South.

Southern black gay and bi men are suffering from a self-esteem issue.

In all honesty, I don't really know how to feel sexy.

I wore goofy hats to school and did musical theater. Most people thought I was a dork. But if you have a sense of humor about it, no one can bring you down.

If you're a fat person - and especially if you're a woman - at all stages of your life you'll get abuse for it, so you have to work out a way of dealing with it. The best way is to be humorous about it - that defuses any tension.

The gay thing has always been hard for me.

Essence has been home for so many of us for so many years. I always say that Essence was the first place that I felt I was a pretty black girl.

I used to hate my behind, like every other black girl. I hated my behind. I hated my hair. I hated my nose because no one said it was beautiful.

I guess that there are many ways to look at being single, and none of them should include shame or feeling less valued.

It's not just about being sexy, it's about being confident and me being confident in my sexuality.

Coming out as a gay man, it was very much about finding my own identity and dealing with labeling.

She figured if you weren't woman enough to carry your doughnuts with pride, you shouldn't be eating them.

I am willing to release the need to be unworthy. I am worthy of the very best in life, and I now lovingly allow myself to accept it

In the end when you accept yourself for who you are and you work with what you've got, you couldn't be more beautiful because you're confident and everyone notices.

You're a wonderful person, Jamie. You're beautiful, you're kind, you're gentle...you're everything that I'd like to be. If people don't like you, or they think you're strange, then that's their problem.

Give yourself a compliment every day. I know this sounds silly, but it really is important. As girls, we spend countless hours focusing on our flaws and trying to correct them or cover them up. It's essential to focus on something you like about yourself. Maybe you're having a good hair day or your skin is looking especially healthy. Take a moment each day to focus on the good, and then try to carry that with you throughout the day, because while bangs don't look good on everyone, confidence does.

Oh, I'm so inadequate. And I love myself!.

I refuse to go back to not liking who I was.

Everyone is made differently and that's what makes us beautiful and unique. I want girls to look in the mirror and feel confident.

Love yourself. Be proud of who you are.

I knew I was gay when I was around 13. There wasn't the internet, there weren't support groups, AIDS was everywhere. I mean, it was really dark.

To all the girls that think you’re fat because you’re not a size zero, you’re the beautiful one, its society who’s ugly.

I'm really happy in my own skin. There's a lot of judgment that can come from outside sometimes, and there's media scrutiny that is placed on a lot of women in the public eye, and I just couldn't care less. I really couldn't care less. 'I would sometimes say in my twenties, 'oh, I couldn't care less', but I think I probably did. Now I genuinely don't and that's a lovely, liberating thing to experience.

The original crime of niggers and lesbians is that they prefer themselves.

If you're sexy and you know it put your hands up in the air. Put your hands up in the air, girl, put your hands up.