My first step on this journey came when my youngest child and I were eating dinner one fall evening. Homecoming was around the corner,...

November is Transgender Awareness Month, so Mama Dragons is highlighting a few of our favorite posts featuring heartfelt stories from...

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...

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...

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...

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

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,...

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...

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...

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...

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

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....

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,...

It is incredibly difficult to put into words the emotional uproar that my family has been through as my daughter has transitioned into...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...