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.
It's important to learn how to have conversations with other people where it's not debating but discussing.
Every show I've been on, my kids pay no attention. They're just like, 'Who cares. It's just dad's job.'
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.
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.
Facebook Algorithms have got us all screwed up, where we only listen and talk to people with the same views as us, and I think it's not helping us as a culture to grow.
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.
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.
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.
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.
What defines someone as a 'man' should not be the clothes they wear or how deep their voice is. It should be the content of his character, his strength in the face of overwhelming adversity, and his ability to still love and help others when the world has turned its back on him.
We have to continue to do the work, because we can't see people lose their lives over senseless gun violence.
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.