And the Dragons Do Come:

Raising a Transgender Kid in Rural America

In the News

About the Butler Family’s Story

“Sim Butler is as Alabama as it gets, especially when it comes to protecting his children”

— Pulitzer Prize winning journalist John Archibald

Read the story from AL.com here

“Harrowing and breathtaking, And the Dragons Do Come is the story of one father’s fight for his trans daughter, in an Alabama determined to endanger them both.  Sim Butler’s book shows us an ordinary family, made both wise and fierce by their inspiring and generous love.”

— Jennifer Finney Boylan,  author of Cleavage: Men, Women, and the Space Between Us, and co-author (with Jodi Picoult) of Mad Honey. 

Recent News on the rights of LGBTQ+ Americans

NPR from August 1st 2025

“A coalition of 16 states and the District of Columbia sued the Trump administration Friday over what they describe as an "unconstitutional pressure campaign" to stop doctors and hospitals from providing gender-affirming care to transgender youth.”