Sim Butler is a proud father, husband, and communication scholar from Alabama, all of which converge around his family's fight for rights in the state his family has called home for generations. Navigating the social, political, and cultural bedrock of the deep south while advocating for healthcare, safe schools, and legal rights for his transgender daughter, Sim reflects on the journey to nurture, protect, and prepare his child for the world in which we live. It is a world built on community, but also one plagued with dragons.

And the Dragons Do Come functions as both a memoir of the Butler Family's struggles and triumphs but also an auto ethnographic research project meant to highlight a particular moment in American history within the context of anti-trans sentiment.