{"id":19927,"date":"2018-05-08T17:58:56","date_gmt":"2018-05-08T17:58:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/proudparenting.com\/?p=19927"},"modified":"2018-05-08T18:05:03","modified_gmt":"2018-05-08T18:05:03","slug":"jay-zs-mom-i-was-not-free-until-i-came-out-to-my-son","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/proudparenting.com\/2018\/05\/jay-zs-mom-i-was-not-free-until-i-came-out-to-my-son\/","title":{"rendered":"Jay-Z’s Mom: I was not free until I came out to my son"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\nJay-Z\u2019s mother, Gloria Carter, was greeted with a standing ovation as she accepted a special recognition award at the 2018 GLAAD Media Awards<\/a> in New York. “For me, this was the first time that I spoke to anyone about who I really am,” she recalled in her acceptance speech, which can be viewed below. “My son cried, and said, \u2018It must have been horrible to live that way for so long.’ My life wasn\u2019t horrible. I chose to protect my family from ignorance. I was happy, but I was not free.”<\/p>\n

via Curtis M. Wong \/ HuffPost<\/a><\/p>\n

Carter devoted much of the speech to her partner, who helped her free herself “from being in the shadows.”<\/p>\n

“Love gave me the courage to take the power that I allowed other people to have over my life for fear of them revealing my secret that wasn\u2019t really a secret. Here I am,” she said. “I\u2019m loving, I\u2019m respectful, I\u2019m productive, and I\u2019m a human being who has a right to love who I love. So everybody, just smile, be free.”<\/p>\n