I Think I Might Be Trans
My first step on this journey came when my youngest child and I were eating dinner one fall evening. Homecoming was around the corner,...
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Lindsay Kjar
- Mar 7
- 4 min
My Non-Binary Teen
All I’d ever known of queer humans were stories of hiding and shame. A friend in his late thirties whose entire family was told by the...
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Neca Allgood
- Nov 25, 2021
- 3 min
Grandma's Quilts
November is Transgender Awareness Month, so Mama Dragons is highlighting a few of our favorite posts featuring heartfelt stories from...
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Rachel Ellis
- Nov 18, 2021
- 4 min
Finding Hope for the Future
November is Transgender Awareness Month, so Mama Dragons is highlighting a few of our favorite posts featuring heartfelt stories from...
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Olivia Petersen
- Nov 11, 2021
- 5 min
All in the Garden to Flourish
November is Transgender Awareness Month, so Mama Dragons is highlighting a few of our favorite posts featuring heartfelt stories from...
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Gretchen Rath
- Nov 3, 2021
- 4 min
Mom, I'm Trans
November is Transgender Awareness Month, so Mama Dragons is highlighting a few of our favorite posts featuring heartfelt stories from...
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Jasmine-Arabella Post
- Feb 3, 2021
- 4 min
Taught By Our Children
By Jasmine-Arabella Post It has always amazed me how much you can learn from your children. When they are barely able to speak they will...
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Genie Skaggs
- Dec 9, 2020
- 4 min
An Intersex Journey
By Genie Skaggs There were two things medical professionals told me in the early days and weeks after my daughter was born in 1991 that...
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Jill Mortensen
- Nov 11, 2020
- 5 min
Freedom From Fear
By Jill Mortensen Late one evening, after putting the kids to bed, my husband and I were winding down in our room after a long day. After...
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Nicole Harvest Sims
- Oct 14, 2020
- 5 min
Journey to Total Boy Mom…
By Nicole Harvest Sims Hi, all! My name is Nicole, and I have two kiddos. They are both adults now, really. The oldest is almost 25 and...
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Gretchen Rath
- Sep 30, 2020
- 4 min
Mom, I’m Trans
By Gretchen Rath There is absolutely no way to prepare yourself to hear the words, “Mom, I’m transgender”. When I heard (or actually...
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Kristin Higham Walters
- Sep 16, 2020
- 4 min
Thank you, Mylie
By Kristin Higham Walters I grew up youngest of three in Utah County with parents who raised us in the Church of Jesus Christ of...
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Julie Lussier
- Sep 2, 2020
- 3 min
My Journey To Becoming Affirming
By Julie Lussier This past year has been life-changing and eye-opening for me. I was never an LGBTQ affirming person. My evangelical...
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Alicia Brown
- Aug 26, 2020
- 2 min
You Do You
By Alicia Brown In 2004, pregnant with my first child, I contemplated the kind of parent I wanted to be. What came so clearly to my mind was
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Kami Hunley Jackson
- Jul 29, 2020
- 5 min
We Get To Be Our Children’s Champions
By Kami Hunley Jackson My journey to becoming a member of Mama Dragons has been ten years in the making. I will have to admit that when...
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Amber McMillan
- Jul 8, 2020
- 5 min
Unapologetically Himself
By Amber McMillan One of the greatest gifts I have been given is being the mother of a gay son. I do not say this because this child is...
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Blaire Ostler
- Jun 29, 2020
- 4 min
A Mother Dragon Was Born
By Blaire Ostler For over a year my daughter has talked about how she wants to marry a girl. She draws pictures of two-bride weddings,...
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Monica Matthews
- Jun 24, 2020
- 5 min
The Perfect Ice Cream Cone
By Monica Matthews I learned about foreshadowing in college during a Film Noir course. Foreshadowing is often used in movies to drop...
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Kelly McAfee
- Jun 17, 2020
- 4 min
Happy
By Kelly McAfee My mother was baptized into the mainstream LDS faith (Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints) when she was pregnant...
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Alison Henriksen
- May 27, 2020
- 4 min
On Winning and Losing
By Alison Henriksen When I found out I was having twins, it felt like I’d won the lottery. Two for the price of one was always good – but...
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