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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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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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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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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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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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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Shaneen Powell
- May 20, 2020
- 4 min
Breathe Fire
By Shaneen Powell I grew up in a religious household, where we were raised to believe that marriage was to be only between a man and a...
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Carol Colvin
- May 6, 2020
- 5 min
Mom, Transformed
By Carol Colvin My name is Carol and I have two adult children who made me a mama dragon. My oldest son, Jonathan, knew when he was about...
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Olivia Petersen
- Apr 29, 2020
- 5 min
All in the Garden to Flourish
By Olivia Petersen Hi There! My name is Olivia Petersen. My husband and I have been married 25 years, and we have four children who are...
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Amy Gustin Mowrer
- Apr 2, 2020
- 9 min
Our Journey Has Been Our Own
Born and raised in the Latter Day Saint (Mormon) faith, and never knowing anyone from the LGBTQ community closely, I feel that we have...
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Lisa Lindstrom Gotelaere
- Feb 11, 2020
- 3 min
We Have Found Our New Normal
My name is Lisa and I am the mother of a gay daughter. I use the term gay instead of lesbian because that is what my daughter prefers....
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Noel Baldovino
- Dec 17, 2019
- 5 min
Once Upon A Time (A Story About a Princess on a Journey to Self-acceptance)
By Noel Baldovino When Sarah, my daughter, was younger I told her bedtime stories. I started them like this – “Once upon a time, a long,...
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Angie Theobald Seegmiller
- Nov 26, 2019
- 7 min
What If I Am Really a Girl?
It is incredibly difficult to put into words the emotional uproar that my family has been through as my daughter has transitioned into...
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Mary Furgiuele
- Nov 12, 2019
- 3 min
Spreading Hope Around the Globe
My name is Mary, a woman with many adjectives. I’m a mom to 5 in a blended family, finally married to my best friend. I’m an artist, a...
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Annie Frazier
- Oct 8, 2019
- 7 min
Seek Love and Light
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...
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Brenda Hooley
- Sep 16, 2019
- 3 min
No Matter What
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...
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Cindy Scott
- Jun 24, 2019
- 4 min
Transitions
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...
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Rachel Ellis
- Jun 17, 2019
- 4 min
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...
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Jaime Jara
- Jun 3, 2019
- 5 min
Our Trans-Parent Journey
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...
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