Ruven Afanador's Angel Gitano

As all Black LGBTQ+ folk who are visible do, Karamo Brown navigates multiple marginalized identities. On that neverending journey, he's had to make choices in hopes of finding a slice of joy in the American pie of oppression, to survive in spite of (or because of) a white cishet system. His memoir, Karamo: My Story of Embracing Purpose, Healing, and Hope, reveals the decisions he made. A look behind the sometimes annoyingly perky veneer of the Queer Eye co-host, it's a how-to of sorts for those looking to move through the world in similar ways. But I can't stop thinking about the cost of Brown's form of survival, or the society that necessitates his acts of survival in the first place. Keep Reading →