Jay-Z’s Mom, Gloria Carter, Will Receive GLAAD Media Award Honor
Gloria Carter will receive a special recognition award at the Annual GLAAD Media Awards.
She will be recognized for the award because of her significant coming-out story on her son’s, Jay-Z, song “Smile,” from the album 4:44. The song shares both her experience as a lesbian and his happiness towards her identity. In the song, Gloria Carter is heard at the end of the song, “The world is changing and they say it’s time to be free. But you live with the fear of just being me.”
In accepting the speech, Carter will include a speech on her experience coming out as a woman of color.
rt @glaad: Gloria Carter will be at the #GLAADawards to accept the Special Recognition Award for ‘Smile,’ on which she appeared with son @S_C_ https://t.co/kyy4bvYoey pic.twitter.com/uvZssVPu7V
— LGBTogether (@LGBTogether) April 26, 2018
The GLAAD president and CEO, Sarah Kate Ellis, says “Her story and the unconditional love that her family exhibits resonate with so many. The GLAAD Media Awards will be a critical platform to honor her work and further this important message.”
GLAAD is the world’s largest LGBTQ media advocacy organization with the goal to spread acceptance and equality.
The 29th annual GLAAD Media Awards ceremony will be on May 5 in New York.
