I think in times of fear and hysteria in a culture, gender experimentation as it pertains to men has to go underground because it scares people too much and it's too much for people to take on. Especially when a culture is held hostage by fear and hysteria and fundamentalism.

Look at me - a big old black man under all of this makeup, and if I can look beautiful, so can you.

The public wants a great product, but they also want more layers of value. So it's lifestyle, it's takeaway, it's entertainment. It's all of those things and social media facilitates a big chunk of that, because they want to touch and feel you, they want to talk to someone about it, they want to join a community of other people who dance to the beat of a different drummer.

Own who you are and celebrate it.

What makes a gay icon is someone who possesses both masculine and feminine qualities simultaneously.

American culture is one that is so easily in denial. We have such a strange dichotomy, so hypocritical. The truth can be blaring in neon letters but our culture will find a reason not to hear what the truth is.

I chose to devote the lion's share of my time to my personal growth and to my family. I reconnected with the part of me that I had left behind.