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“Butler debuts with a poignant memoir of raising his transgender daughter.” —Publishers Weekly
Our country stands at a critical cultural crossroads, with a wave of anti-trans legislation emerging at unprecedented levels targeting trans children, in particular, who face increasing stigmatization and erasure. Sim Butler’s And the Dragons Do Come is a poignant account of one family’s experience of parenting and supporting a trans child against this nightmarish backdrop.
In recent years, the Butler family faces an impossible reality in their home state of Alabama, where trans rights are increasingly under attack. Butler recounts their family’s struggles and sacrifices to protect their trans child against the barrage of state-sanctioned intolerance in the legal, educational, and health arenas.
Serving both as a compassionate story of one family’s struggle for acceptance and as a window into a fraught issue that parents, grandparents, other family members, and friends are confronting across the nation, And the Dragons Do Come provides a firsthand perspective on the human cost of anti-trans sentiment.
Available Nov. 4th, 2025
Published Through The New Press
A gripping account of one family’s battle to protect their daughter against transphobia and hate in contemporary America.
Book Events
We are scheduling events with local bookstores, affirming churches, and community partners supporting LGBTQ+ families; please contact me if you are interested in setting up an event.
Nov. 25th 2025
Birmingham, AL
Thank You Books - 7PM CDT
Partnering with The Magic City Acceptance Center
Community Partnerships
Our family leans heavily on the organized support within the communities in which we have lived, and I know we are not alone. I’m proud to say that many of the events scheduled partner with a local organization that works to make a safe, affirming space for LGBTQ+ youth. Come to an event, and learn more about the amazing work within these communities to support our most vunerable.
Some of our community partners for these events include:
Support Your Independent Booksellers
Independant bookstores function as a unique cultural glue for their communities. Particularly for families like mine, our local booksellers became a necessary resource for us to sort through what we were experiencing and the lived experiences of others. It’s not a coincidence that I’m concentrating my appearances in independant book stores throughout the south. Please, support your local booksellers. Their websites are availble through the links to the right of this page, or you can use the link below to find And the Dragons Do Come, as well as other important titles, through Bookshop.org