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

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...

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

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...

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...

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 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...

By Gretchen Rath There is absolutely no way to prepare yourself to hear the words, “Mom, I’m transgender”.  When I heard (or actually...

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 Julie Lussier This past year has been life-changing and eye-opening for me. I was never an LGBTQ affirming person. My evangelical...

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 Mikayla Seaman Connolly My husband Brandon and I premiered on episode two of the HBO docu-series “We’re Here” where top drag...

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...

By Em English My mother was measuring, cutting, and sewing the clothes that my brothers and sisters would wear for the upcoming school...

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...

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 Monica Matthews I learned about foreshadowing in college during a Film Noir course. Foreshadowing is often used in movies to drop...

By Kelly McAfee My mother was baptized into the mainstream LDS faith (Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints) when she was pregnant...

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...

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...