Op-Ed | Liz Welch, Executive Director of Mama Dragons I grew up in Denver. My grandfather served this city with honor as a Denver police officer. My Grandmother was a nurse at a local hospital. I was raised with a deep respect for community, for fairness, and for looking out for one another. Those values shaped me and they are the same values I carry with me today as a mother and as the Executive Director of Mama Dragons. That’s why the ballot measures targeting transgender y
SALT LAKE TRIBUNE Op-Ed March 30, 2026 Statement from Liz Welch, Executive Director of Mama Dragons: Mama Dragons was born out of heartbreak. We began as a small group of mothers, many of us within The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, who were told, in ways both explicit and implied, that we had to choose between our LGBTQ+ children and our church. Today, Mama Dragons has grown into a national organization supporting more than 25,000 families - mothers who have wa
