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On Trans Parent day, Mama Dragons celebrates transgender parents who model the joy of authenticity. This blog post shares one transgender...

By Karen Eddington I am the mother of four sons, no daughters.  Our house was one filled with testosterone and activity.  All of my sons...

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

By Bobbie Jo Allen I came into the world as a male 65 years ago, named after my father Robert, born and raised in Cache Valley, Utah, the...

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...

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

By Jill Reeder It all started when our youngest child was in sixth grade.  We received a phone call from the school wanting to discuss a...

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...

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

The dragon, as folklore, exists in almost every ancient civilization from the beginning of recorded history. They were often portrayed as...

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...

Every morning, I picked up my phone and texted a message to them. “I love you.” “Thinking of you. I love you.” “Love you. Always.” It was...