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...

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,...

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...

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...

When my 6th grade granddaughter came out as bisexual at school, she was bullied for it.  During that trying time in 2015, my wife and I...

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,...

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...

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...

I was the parent who prepared for everything. When I found out I was pregnant with my oldest child, the nursery was painted that week and...

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

Watch Kaye's video about her experiences as the mother of a gay son and finding Mama Dragons.

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...

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...

By Lindsay Brunt Four and a half years ago, I walked into the Utah Pride Center with my son for the first time.  He’d been there before...

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....

My four children attended Catholic schools. My two oldest girls attended from pre-k through 6th grade, Robert from pre-k through 4th and...