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WE ARE
MAMA DRAGONS

We are mothers who fiercely love, affirm, and advocate for our LGBTQ+ children

Whatever you're feeling right now, you are not the first mother to feel it. Join 25,000 parents learning to support, affirm, and celebrate their LGBTQ+ children.

Just $25 covers supplies for our "Wrapped in Hugs" and "Paper Hugs" programs, sending love and affirmation to a struggling family.

WHAT WE DO

If your child has come out - last week, or ten years ago - you may be wondering what to say, what to do, and whether you're getting it right. We're mothers who have stood exactly where you're standing. What we found was not the loss we feared. It was a closer relationship than we expected, and a community of women who already understood.

SUPPORT

Moms supporting each other

When parents of LGBTQ+ children need connection and guidance, Mama Dragons is here. You'll find people who have been where you are, answers to the questions you're afraid to ask out loud, and a place where nothing about your family needs explaining.

EDUCATE

Mama Dragons speaking at A Day of Unreasonable Conversation 2025

Learning about your child's identity and experience changes everything. Our classes turn "I don't know what to say" into "I've got you."

EMPOWER

Mama Dragons at rally for trans rights

When parents speak up, communities change. You'll get the tools, the confidence, and the people behind you to advocate for your child - at school, at church, at the statehouse, anywhere it matters.

WHY WE EXIST

Almost every LGBTQ+ young person who thrives has one thing in common: an adult who chose them.

  • Acceptance cuts an LGBTQ+ young person's risk of a suicide attempt by more than half.* That protection starts at home - with you.

  • An affirming parent is the strongest protection an LGBTQ+ young person can have* - and the door to therapy, health care, and support they often can't reach on their own. You are already the most powerful person in your child's life. We help you use it.                                        *The Trevor Project

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Mama Dragons is a nonprofit 501(c)3 organization dedicated to creating LGBTQ+ affirming homes through parent education. Since 2013, Mama Dragons has grown from just a handful of LDS (Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints) mothers to an organization reaching more than 25,000 parents from various backgrounds. 

 

Mama Dragons provides programs that specifically address the complexities of navigating mental health, non-affirming religions, geographies, and cultures. We focus on parenting the crucial first year after an LGBTQ+ child comes out. Mama Dragons empowers mothers to support, affirm, celebrate, and advocate for their LGBTQ+ children, influencing the family system to follow.​ The world outside your home isn't always kind to LGBTQ+ children right now - which makes what happens inside it more powerful than ever. Home is where a child learns whether they are safe and loved. That part is yours.

OUR MISSION

We support, educate, and empower mothers of LGBTQ+ children.

We envision a world in which all mothers fiercely love, affirm, and advocate for their LGBTQ+ children.
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