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...

By Katie Wilcox Hi, my name is Katie. I am a mom of three biological kids and three stepkids that range in age from 17-11. My son Braedon...

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 Brandon Connolly It took a moment for the tears to roll down my cheek. Thick, hot tears that hurt as they formed under my eyes. So...

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

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...

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...

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...

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

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...

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...

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....

By Rachel Ellis When our oldest started intermediate school (sixth and seventh grade in our area), our once happy kid started to...

Rachel shares her experience when her daughter came out as transgender and how she and her family found support and understanding amidst...

I guess I’ve always suspected that our oldest son, Christian, was gay. His development was atypical of most boys. He loved The Little...

Life is unpredictable. Just when you think you’ve got it all figured out, opportunities open up and you find yourself looking back and...