792- How I Came Out To My Mom with Comedian Belinda Carroll

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4.1 • 529 Ratings

🗓️ 2 May 2023

⏱️ 54 minutes

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Comedian Belinda Carroll (Portland Queer Comedy Festival) grew up with a mom from West Virginia who thought her daughter would appreciate a Chippendale’s poster. Belinda did not and finally admitted to her sexuality. It would take some time, but finally her mom accepted Belinda was gay.

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0:00.0	Hey, it's Storyworthy. Today on the show, comedian Belinda Carroll tells a fabulous story about how she came out.
0:10.9	So my mom goes to the bachelorette party like the night before the wedding, and she comes home and she brings me, she has no idea that I'm gay this time.
0:18.8	She brings me a Chippendells poster because they
0:21.6	went to go see the Chippendales. And so she brings me a poster and she thinks she's being the
0:27.0	cool mom. She's like, oh yeah, this is, I'm the coolest mom. And she sits down from my bedroom.
0:33.0	And I come out and she goes, I got you a chip and dills poster from the Bachelorette.
0:41.1	And I burst into tears and I ran to the bathrooms.
0:47.5	Today on the show, comedian Belinda Carroll talks about how she came out and the gay rights movement.
0:48.7	Stay close.
0:55.1	Hey, it's Belinda Carroll and you're listening to Storyworthy.
1:12.3	Welcome to Storyworthy. My name is Christine Blackburn, and I'm coming to you from Los Angeles, California.
1:17.2	Whether you're a longtime fan of the show of almost 13 years, or you're a new listener,
1:24.5	welcome to Storyworthy. Now, I hope you guys enjoyed the show last week, which was a still storyworthy episode, meaning that it was a repeat? Can you say repeat? I mean, it makes it sound like it wasn't good. It was an excellent show from five years ago with Albert Corrado. And Albert is the brother of Mellie Corrado, who was gunned down at the Trader Joe's here in Los Angeles. So it's a tragic story about, you know,
1:46.9	his sister being gunned down by the LAPD. And it's interesting. And I think it's an important
1:53.3	story. So go back, you guys. Listen to Albert last week talking about his sister and Trader
1:59.4	Joe's, but not today. Stick with me now because
2:01.7	today I'm here with another fabulous talent who I'm really, I've never met this girl before,
2:07.2	Belinda Carroll, but I know you're in Portland, right? No, no, no, I'm in Los Angeles. Oh, you're in
2:13.3	L.A. Yeah, yeah, yeah. I just, I just moved here a year ago. That's why. That's it. That's it. You know what? I was
2:19.7	wondering because I saw you on some shows here. And I thought, oh, well, she must have been visiting. But you're right here in L.A. Awesome. Well, I'm happy to meet you, Belinda. Thanks. I'm happy to meet you too. Yeah, now my buddy, Paul Lander is the one who turned me on to you. And Paul has helped me out with a lot of guests here on Storyworthy. He just happens to know everybody. I don't know how that is, but that dude knows everybody. And Paul said, you got to talk to Belinda Carroll. And I said, okay, I will. And so thank you very much for coming on the show. And are you from Portland?
2:55.1	Yeah. So I was born and raised in Portland. Oh, I actually moved to Austin. And I lived in,
3:01.1	I lived in Texas for like five or six years. And then I moved back to Portland. And then I've been in
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