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Mama Dragons is growing! We’re currently searching for passionate, dedicated individuals to join our Board of Directors. If you’ve got lived experience, leadership skills, or a heart for supporting LGBTQ+ families, we’d love to hear from you. Learn more by emailing m.v@mamadragons.org. Your voice could help shape the future of Mama Dragons.
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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...
Rhonda Carr
Jul 1, 20194 min read
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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...
Rachel Ellis
Jun 17, 20194 min read
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Here Be Dragons
The dragon, as folklore, exists in almost every ancient civilization from the beginning of recorded history. They were often portrayed as...
Lisa Evans Dame
May 13, 20193 min read
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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...
Glenda Crump
May 6, 20195 min read
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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...
Clare McFadyen
Apr 29, 20194 min read
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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...
Rachel Ellis
Apr 18, 20191 min read
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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...
Wendy Williams Montgomery
Apr 1, 20194 min read
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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...
Jen Blair
Mar 25, 20194 min read
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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...
Jill Hazard Rowe
Mar 18, 20193 min read
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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...
Ismael Duarte Valerio
Mar 7, 20193 min read
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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...
Ismael Duarte Valerio
Mar 7, 20194 min read
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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...
Monica Johns
Feb 7, 20194 min read
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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...
Chrisann Toelupe
Jan 30, 20194 min read
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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...
Wendy Stringfellow VonSosen
Jan 8, 20195 min read
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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....
Yadira Vadillo
Dec 10, 20184 min read
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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...
Yadira Vadillo
Dec 10, 20181 min read
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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...
Rob McMaster
Nov 29, 20183 min read
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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...
Vickie Walker
Jul 15, 20186 min read
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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...
Melanie Flake
Feb 14, 20185 min read
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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...
Carol Lynn Pearson
Jun 12, 20162 min read
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