Getting Used to Our New Reality
I was one of those kids who was in church pretty much from birth. There was never a time in my life when I didn’t believe. I married a...
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Rachel Ellis
- Jun 17, 2019
- 4 min
Finding Hope for the Future
By Rachel Ellis When our oldest started intermediate school (sixth and seventh grade in our area), our once happy kid started to...
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Lisa Evans Dame
- May 13, 2019
- 3 min
Here Be Dragons
The dragon, as folklore, exists in almost every ancient civilization from the beginning of recorded history. They were often portrayed as...
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Glenda Crump
- May 6, 2019
- 5 min
I Choose My Child
Finding out my daughter Candice was gay was not something I was prepared for. She was always very feminine, wore make-up, kept her hair...
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Clare McFadyen
- Apr 29, 2019
- 4 min
Pride!
I am proud to belong to Mama Dragons, a worldwide network of mothers seeking to ensure a world where our LGBTQ children cannot only live...
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Rachel Ellis
- Apr 18, 2019
- 1 min
Rachel’s Story
Rachel shares her experience when her daughter came out as transgender and how she and her family found support and understanding amidst...
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Wendy Williams Montgomery
- Apr 1, 2019
- 4 min
The Birth of Mama Dragons
By Wendy Williams Montgomery We are a supportive group of mothers. We are champions of faith, family, and LGBTQIA+ communities. We are...
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Jen Blair
- Mar 25, 2019
- 4 min
It Was a Miraculous Mix of Organic and Divine
Mama Dragons has come a long way in a few years. At the start of 2014, Gina Crivello created a Facebook group for the 8-10 women who were...
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Jill Hazard Rowe
- Mar 18, 2019
- 3 min
Our Beginnings
As a mom with an LGBTQ child, Mama Dragons has been a source of strength and support for me from the very beginning. After my son came...
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Ismael Duarte Valerio
- Mar 7, 2019
- 3 min
Un Momento Clave en mi Vida
Tenía aproximadamente un año de haber regresado de la misión, y aunque ya había tomado la decisión de hablar con mi familia no encontraba...
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Ismael Duarte Valerio
- Mar 7, 2019
- 4 min
The True Gift of Love
I don’t remember the exact month, but I found myself in a park in San Diego, California where I would often escape to, reflecting on life...
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Monica Johns
- Feb 7, 2019
- 4 min
The Gift of Massive Empathy
Our son came out to us just after high school graduation in 2014. It’s remarkable to me how much change can happen in such a short amount...
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Chrisann Toelupe
- Jan 30, 2019
- 4 min
Love is What Matters Most
I guess I’ve always suspected that our oldest son, Christian, was gay. His development was atypical of most boys. He loved The Little...
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Wendy Stringfellow VonSosen
- Jan 8, 2019
- 5 min
Expanding the Harbor for Mothers in 2019
Life is unpredictable. Just when you think you’ve got it all figured out, opportunities open up and you find yourself looking back and...
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Yadira Vadillo
- Dec 10, 2018
- 4 min
The Power of a Mother’s Love
I want the world to know that my son was conceived with a lot of love, and that from the beginning he was a wonderful and beloved child....
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Yadira Vadillo
- Dec 10, 2018
- 1 min
El poder del amor de una madre
Quiero que el mundo sepa que mi hijo fue concebido con mucho amor y que desde el principio fue un niño maravilloso y querido. Me di...
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Rob McMaster
- Nov 29, 2018
- 3 min
What I Believe
By Rob McMaster, with forward by Laura Howells Leavitt The LGBT Christian church experience can be lonely and isolating. In our places of...
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Vickie Walker
- Jul 15, 2018
- 6 min
A Celebration of Love
There is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside you – Maya Angelou I was born a Mormon. This statement reflects what has...
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Melanie Flake
- Feb 14, 2018
- 5 min
Real Friendships
My husband comes from a very large Mormon family (he has 84 first cousins- just on his dad’s side). They are like a giant group of...
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Carol Lynn Pearson
- Jun 12, 2016
- 2 min
Celebrating the “Awesome, Splendid Mess” of Marriage
June is traditionally the month of weddings. Who would have thought even a few years ago that some of those weddings could be for our...
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