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,...
Blog
Search
Lindsay Kjar
- Mar 7
- 4 min
My Non-Binary Teen
All I’d ever known of queer humans were stories of hiding and shame. A friend in his late thirties whose entire family was told by the...
708 views0 comments
Olivia Petersen
- Nov 11, 2021
- 5 min
All in the Garden to Flourish
November is Transgender Awareness Month, so Mama Dragons is highlighting a few of our favorite posts featuring heartfelt stories from...
567 views0 comments
Barbara Gillespie
- Jan 6, 2021
- 6 min
Respond with Love
By Barbara Gillespie I was raised in the LDS Church. I was taught to believe marriage and love were acceptable in the eyes of God ONLY...
76 views0 comments
Ruth Cobb
- Nov 25, 2020
- 4 min
It Comes From Within
By Ruth Cobb I remember telling God once that He could send me any child, and I would love them and care for them no matter what. I was...
24 views0 comments
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...
60 views0 comments
Nicole Harvest Sims
- Oct 14, 2020
- 5 min
Journey to Total Boy Mom…
By Nicole Harvest Sims Hi, all! My name is Nicole, and I have two kiddos. They are both adults now, really. The oldest is almost 25 and...
29 views0 comments
Gretchen Rath
- Sep 30, 2020
- 4 min
Mom, I’m Trans
By Gretchen Rath There is absolutely no way to prepare yourself to hear the words, “Mom, I’m transgender”. When I heard (or actually...
22 views0 comments
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...
32 views0 comments
Julie Lussier
- Sep 2, 2020
- 3 min
My Journey To Becoming Affirming
By Julie Lussier This past year has been life-changing and eye-opening for me. I was never an LGBTQ affirming person. My evangelical...
56 views0 comments
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
43 views0 comments
Mikayla Seaman Connolly
- Aug 5, 2020
- 3 min
An Act Of Love: Being With Someone Who Is Transgender
By Mikayla Seaman Connolly My husband Brandon and I premiered on episode two of the HBO docu-series “We’re Here” where top drag...
119 views0 comments
Kami Hunley Jackson
- Jul 29, 2020
- 5 min
We Get To Be Our Children’s Champions
By Kami Hunley Jackson My journey to becoming a member of Mama Dragons has been ten years in the making. I will have to admit that when...
72 views0 comments
Em English
- Jul 14, 2020
- 5 min
A Few Snippets And Glimpses Of Me
By Em English My mother was measuring, cutting, and sewing the clothes that my brothers and sisters would wear for the upcoming school...
18 views0 comments
Amber McMillan
- Jul 8, 2020
- 5 min
Unapologetically Himself
By Amber McMillan One of the greatest gifts I have been given is being the mother of a gay son. I do not say this because this child is...
21 views0 comments
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,...
48 views0 comments
Monica Matthews
- Jun 24, 2020
- 5 min
The Perfect Ice Cream Cone
By Monica Matthews I learned about foreshadowing in college during a Film Noir course. Foreshadowing is often used in movies to drop...
18 views0 comments
Kelly McAfee
- Jun 17, 2020
- 4 min
Happy
By Kelly McAfee My mother was baptized into the mainstream LDS faith (Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints) when she was pregnant...
15 views0 comments
Alison Henriksen
- May 27, 2020
- 4 min
On Winning and Losing
By Alison Henriksen When I found out I was having twins, it felt like I’d won the lottery. Two for the price of one was always good – but...
16 views0 comments
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...
18 views0 comments