I was the parent who prepared for everything. When I found out I was pregnant with my oldest child, the nursery was painted that week and...

Watch Julie's video about her experiences with a gay son and Mama Dragons.

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I would first like to introduce myself and my children. I’m Brenda, the Mama Dragon of three baby ducks—I’ve called my kids my baby ducks...

It was September 2017. Our son, 16 yrs old and a sophomore in high school, sent a text to my husband and I on our family chat during his...

I am a mom to 4 beautiful boys living in the stunning mountains of the Wasatch front in Utah. Like most parents I had lots of...

I was raised in a very conservative evangelical religious background. I had been taught that homosexuality was an abomination and the...

At 14 years old, my son was bottled up inside himself and wouldn’t talk to me, so I begged him to write down whatever was bothering him....

My four children attended Catholic schools. My two oldest girls attended from pre-k through 6th grade, Robert from pre-k through 4th and...

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...

Last May, I had a conversation with my 30 year old child (via text) that I never expected. It happened on May 9th, 2018, at 4:37pm. My...

By Rachel Ellis When our oldest started intermediate school (sixth and seventh grade in our area), our once happy kid started to...

Eight years ago, in May of 2011, my middle child publicly came out as transgender. During the couple of months prior to that...

By Jaime Jara When I was young and vast opportunities lay before me, I aspired to have my life somehow impact the world for good. I...

By Shauna Jones I lost 45 pounds during my pregnancy with Beckett, my oldest child. I had a pregnancy condition called hyperemesis...

When the feelings of love and protection in your heart and soul are bigger than you are… When the desire you have for your child to be...

The dragon, as folklore, exists in almost every ancient civilization from the beginning of recorded history. They were often portrayed as...

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...

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...

Rachel shares her experience when her daughter came out as transgender and how she and her family found support and understanding amidst...