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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...
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Julie Turnbull
Sep 16, 20191 min read
Julie’s Story
Watch Julie's video about her experiences with a gay son and Mama Dragons.
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Kaye Katseanes
Sep 16, 20191 min read
Kaye’s Story
Watch Kaye's video about her experiences as the mother of a gay son and finding Mama Dragons.
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Brenda Hooley
Sep 16, 20193 min read
No Matter What
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...
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Marcie D. Schear
Sep 2, 20194 min read
Until Our Son Landed Us in Oz
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...
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Lori Davis
Aug 26, 20193 min read
BELIEVE Good Things Are Going To Happen
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...
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Cheryel Lemley-McRoy
Aug 12, 20194 min read
God Didn’t Strike Me Dead
I was raised in a very conservative evangelical religious background. I had been taught that homosexuality was an abomination and the...
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Sandra Smithey
Jul 22, 20196 min read
Acceptance in Action
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....
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Ana Pollorena Carpenter
Jul 8, 20194 min read
A Path to Follow
My four children attended Catholic schools. My two oldest girls attended from pre-k through 6th grade, Robert from pre-k through 4th and...
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Rhonda Carr
Jul 1, 20194 min read
Getting Used to Our New Reality
I was one of those kids who was in church pretty much from birth. There was never a time in my life when I didn’t believe. I married a...
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Cindy Scott
Jun 24, 20194 min read
Transitions
Last May, I had a conversation with my 30 year old child (via text) that I never expected. It happened on May 9th, 2018, at 4:37pm. My...
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Rachel Ellis
Jun 17, 20194 min read
Finding Hope for the Future
By Rachel Ellis When our oldest started intermediate school (sixth and seventh grade in our area), our once happy kid started to...
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Neca Allgood
Jun 10, 20193 min read
Grandma’s Quilts
Eight years ago, in May of 2011, my middle child publicly came out as transgender. During the couple of months prior to that...
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Jaime Jara
Jun 3, 20195 min read
Our Trans-Parent Journey
By Jaime Jara When I was young and vast opportunities lay before me, I aspired to have my life somehow impact the world for good. I...
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Shauna Jones
May 28, 20194 min read
The Gift Inside
By Shauna Jones I lost 45 pounds during my pregnancy with Beckett, my oldest child. I had a pregnancy condition called hyperemesis...
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Yvette Barrus Zobell
May 20, 20194 min read
Unfolding
When the feelings of love and protection in your heart and soul are bigger than you are… When the desire you have for your child to be...
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Lisa Evans Dame
May 13, 20193 min read
Here Be Dragons
The dragon, as folklore, exists in almost every ancient civilization from the beginning of recorded history. They were often portrayed as...
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Glenda Crump
May 6, 20195 min read
I Choose My Child
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...
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Clare McFadyen
Apr 29, 20194 min read
Pride!
I am proud to belong to Mama Dragons, a worldwide network of mothers seeking to ensure a world where our LGBTQ children cannot only live...
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Rachel Ellis
Apr 18, 20191 min read
Rachel’s Story
Rachel shares her experience when her daughter came out as transgender and how she and her family found support and understanding amidst...
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