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....

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...

My son, Justin, is left handed.  It’s not something I ever expected for any of my children. I first became suspicious of this when he was...

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,...

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

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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...

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,...

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....

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...

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...

Tenía aproximadamente un año de haber regresado de la misión, y aunque ya había tomado la decisión de hablar con mi familia no encontraba...

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...

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...