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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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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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Lindsay Brunt
Aug 5, 20193 min read
Paying it Forward
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...
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Ayn Witman
Jul 29, 20194 min read
Face, Eyes, and Smile
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,...
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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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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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Wendy Williams Montgomery
Apr 1, 20194 min read
The Birth of Mama Dragons
By Wendy Williams Montgomery We are a supportive group of mothers. We are champions of faith, family, and LGBTQIA+ communities. We are...
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Jen Blair
Mar 25, 20194 min read
It Was a Miraculous Mix of Organic and Divine
Mama Dragons has come a long way in a few years. At the start of 2014, Gina Crivello created a Facebook group for the 8-10 women who were...
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Ismael Duarte Valerio
Mar 7, 20194 min read
The True Gift of Love
I don’t remember the exact month, but I found myself in a park in San Diego, California where I would often escape to, reflecting on life...
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