In The Den with Mama Dragons
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You're navigating parenting an LGBTQ+ child without a manual and knowing what to do and what to say isn't always easy. Each week we’ll visit with other parents of queer kids, talk with members of the LGBTQ+ community, learn from experts, and together explore ways to better parent our LGBTQ+ children. Join with us as we walk and talk with you through this journey of raising healthy, happy, and productive LGBTQ+ humans.
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Cookie Puss: JD Hawley
Send us Fan MailIn conjunction with our recent episode on Canyon County Pride, we’re resharing this past episode with drag queen Cookie Pusss. Drag queens are living proof that courage can come in…
Voices of Adoption
Send us Fan MailToday 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 sometimes tries to impose. For so…
Canyon County Idaho: Small Town Pride Goes Big
Send us Fan MailThere’s something wonderful happening in small towns all across America, Pride festivals are on the rise offering rural communities a safe and welcoming celebration for the LGBTQ+…
Cheerleading with Pride
Send us Fan MailPerhaps 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 deep bonds that form on a squad.…
Coaching Sports Beyond the Binary
Send us Fan MailEven 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 fields and courts across the…
Orthodox, Queer, and Refusing to Leave
Send us Fan MailImagine 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. Some of you are still living…
Empowering Our Kids to Thrive
Send us Fan MailWe 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 courage to live out loud. Today…
Coming Out in the Great Outdoors
Send us Fan MailLack of representation is one of the biggest issues facing the LGBTQ+ outdoors community. Queer adventurers don’t often see themselves represented in the marketing campaigns and media…
Intersex: The I in LGBTQIA
Send us Fan MailState laws across the country, and now even federal policies, increasingly target transgender people and LGBTQ people more broadly. Lifesaving, necessary gender-affirming care is…
Trans Athletes and the Future of Sports
Send us Fan MailThe Supreme Court is currently considering two major cases brought by West Virginia and Idaho which address state-level bans on transgender female students playing on girls' school…
Autism and Gender Diversity
Send us Fan MailResearch indicates that autistic individuals are more likely to identify as transgender or gender diverse compared to the general population. Studies show that people who do not…
State of the Union, Kansas, and Beyond
Send us Fan MailEvery news cycle lately brings yet another headline about transgender people and their families, whether it's the inflammatory remarks during the State of the Union or the recent…
Trans Youth Emergency Project
Send us Fan MailAccessing best-practice gender-affirming care for transgender youth is becoming increasingly challenging: 27 states have passed laws banning or restricting care, the U.S. Supreme…
Trans Healthcare Refugees
Send us Fan MailFamilies with trans and non-binary kids are facing bans on bathroom use, bans on sports participation, bans on affirming pronoun use in schools, bans on use of chosen names, and even…
Trans Mentor Project
Send us Fan MailWe doubt anyone listening to this podcast will be surprised to hear that transgender folks face unique challenges, including social stigma, bullying, and family rejection. Even if we…
Raising Resilient Humans
Send us Fan MailLife can be hard, especially for our queer children. They often face unique obstacles, encounter discrimination, and endure marginalization in their lives and in their pursuits of…
HRC Day of Reading
Send us Fan MailThe Human Rights Campaign Foundation’s recent Youth Report shows that more than 46 percent of LGBTQ+ youth, including almost 55 percent of transgender and gender-expansive youth, feel…
Surviving Transphobia
Send us Fan MailEvery day seems to bring another headline, or another policy, another attempt to make trans lives disappear altogether. As Mama Dragons, we know this fear intimately. We carry it in…
Transforming Hate Into Art
Send us Fan MailWhat happens when an object that once felt magical becomes a symbol of harm—and then is transformed into an act of remembrance? Today’s conversation In the Den invites us to look…
BAGLY: The LGBTQ+ Youth-Led Boston Alliance
Send us Fan MailLife and parenting often feels so fraught, so overwhelming, and so frustrating. We’re navigating unprecedented attacks on queer and trans folks and youth. Of course, as parents, we…
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In The Den with Mama Dragons has published 194 episodes since November 2022, covering topics in Education, Kids & Family.
In The Den with Mama Dragons is currently highly active with new episodes weekly. Average episode length is 58m.
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