By Buddy Gharring, Pastor at Twin UMC In about 2012, at a moment when I felt especially lost in the world, I was lucky to find a friend....

Born and raised in the Latter Day Saint (Mormon) faith, and never knowing anyone from the LGBTQ community closely, I feel that we have...

I came out in high school in 1990 when I was in 10th grade. I grew up in a progressive community but was convinced I was the ONLY...

By Susan Berland I grew up in a Jewish home and although we were not particularly religious, I still knew we were Jewish. We belonged to...

By Jill Reeder It all started when our youngest child was in sixth grade.  We received a phone call from the school wanting to discuss a...

My name is Denise and I grew up in the oil and gas industry. Home was not a sanctuary. Alcohol has played a huge part of my life and by...

I can honestly say having a gay son has changed my life for the better. My opinion, values and views have been altered. I am more keenly...

By Laura Howells Leavitt This has been a humbling year for me as I’ve invited and gathered the sometimes heartbreaking, oftentimes...

When my 6th grade granddaughter came out as bisexual at school, she was bullied for it.  During that trying time in 2015, my wife and I...

Photo by Jonathan Canlas Hey y’all, my name is Marion McClellan, and I am so grateful/thankful/blessed to be a Mama Dragon. I live in...

A frantic whispered phone call from BYU, from my oldest (returned missionary) son, begged for advice. It went something like this: “Mom,...

Clip, Clop, Clip, Clop. I sat in my car crying, watching five-year-old Phoebe walk down the driveway towards her cousin’s Princess Tea...

Peace starts with how we treat our most vulnerable. I have always had a heart for the underdog. As a pediatric nurse I’ve been drawn to...

Watch Kaye's video about her experiences as the mother of a gay son and finding Mama Dragons.

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

My dad was a gay man in the 80’s and 90’s and died from AIDS complications in 1998. I was 16 years old. I begin with this not for shock,...

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

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