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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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....
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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...
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Why Being Visible as a Transgender Person Is So Important and So Hard
I knew something was up with my gender identity at about five years of age. The first time I knowingly interacted with another...
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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...
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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...
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Reflections on April Conference (Part 2)
Saturday Morning Session, Cont. by Lisa Tensmeyer Hansen Elder Kevin R. Duncan (of the Seventy) started off his talk reminding us that we...
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Reflections on April Conference (Part 1)
by Lisa Tensmeyer Hansen Listening to General Conference is a challenge for a Mama Dragon. Life has trained you to be vigilant and...
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Mama Dragons Respond to the New LDS Church Policy Changes
November 6, 2015 Mama Dragons traces its roots back to a brave group of women who belonged to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day...
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