In The Den with Mama Dragons

Exploring the Intersection of Autism and Gender Diversity

Send us Fan Mail Autism and gender diversity often seem to show up together in our kids. There’s been some really interesting research exploring this correlation, findin

Real Talk with Dads

Send us Fan Mail When a child comes out as transgender, every parent begins a journey. One of Mama Dragons' big priorities this year is building deeper community—ma

The Trans Equity Project

Send us Fan Mail One of the joys of being Mama Dragons is getting to become fierce advocates for our LGBTQ+ children. For many of us that means learning from movement le

What About the Siblings of Queer Kids?

Send us Fan Mail When your child first came out to you as LGBTQ+, who else was in the room? Who else in your family had to absorb the news, adjust, learn, and figure out

The State of the Organization at Mama Dragons

Send us Fan Mail Today In the Den, we're going inside the Mama Dragons organization for a conversation with our Executive Director Liz Welch. We wanted to give folk

Mama Dragons at Pride

Send us Fan Mail Pride is often celebrated with glitter, music, and rainbow flags—but at its heart, Pride has always been about something much deeper: showing up in love

Evangelicalism, Drag, and Flamy Grant

Send us Fan Mail For so many LGBTQ+ people—and for the parents who love them—the church has been a place of deep wounds rather than deep belonging. Too often, the messag

Land, Love, and Queer Resistance in Red America

Send us Fan Mail What does it mean as a queer person to love a place deeply when that place has so often tried to make queer people disappear? Today In the Den, Sara vis

Parenting Is Political

Send us Fan Mail Today’s In the Den episode is a rerun and one that cuts right to the heart of our Mama Dragons mission — we’re diving into the truth that parenting is p

Unlearning Bias and Embracing Your Queer Child

Send us Fan Mail Content Warning: this episode contains frank discussions of self-harm and suicidality. This episode is a rerun and an increasingly important topic for

An LGBTQ+ State of Emergency

Send us Fan Mail At the end of May, the Seattle LGBTQ+ Commission sent a letter to their mayor asking the city to declare a civil state of emergency in response to the g

Raising Trans Kids: What to Expect When You Weren’t Expecting This

Send us Fan Mail The moment your child says something that changes the story you thought you were living, time can seem to split in two. There’s the before — the assumpt

Cookie Puss: JD Hawley

Send us Fan Mail In conjunction with our recent episode on Canyon County Pride, we’re resharing this past episode with drag queen Cookie Pusss. Drag queens are living pr

Voices of Adoption

Send us Fan Mail Today In the Den, we’re talking about family—how it’s formed, how it’s nurtured, and how love can expand beyond the narrow definitions our culture somet

Canyon County Idaho: Small Town Pride Goes Big

Send us Fan Mail There’s something wonderful happening in small towns all across America, Pride festivals are on the rise offering rural communities a safe and welcoming

Cheerleading with Pride

Send us Fan Mail Perhaps some of our listeners were cheerleaders and already know the magic: the adrenaline of a routine, the trust it takes to lift and be lifted, the d

Coaching Sports Beyond the Binary

Send us Fan Mail Even as the headlines keep returning to trans athletes—who gets to play, who gets excluded, and who gets to decide—there’s another story unfolding on fi

Orthodox, Queer, and Refusing to Leave

Send us Fan Mail Imagine belonging to a faith that is fighting to keep you out—and refusing to leave. Some of you in our Mama Dragons community know this experience well

Empowering Our Kids to Thrive

Send us Fan Mail We know that one of the most powerful things we can do as parents is raise kids who know who they are, who treat others with dignity, and who have the c

Coming Out in the Great Outdoors

Send us Fan Mail Lack of representation is one of the biggest issues facing the LGBTQ+ outdoors community. Queer adventurers don’t often see themselves represented in th