My guest today is Brian Sims, Former Pennsylvania state Representative, highschool football star and activist who tirelessly advocates for LGBT+ civil rights.
Sims made history when he became the first openly LGBTQ+ person elected to the Pennsylvania General Assembly in 2012. As a legislator, he worked to remove homosexuality from the state criminal code and voted to expand protections for victims of sexual and gender-based violence. As a passionate advocate for human rights, Sims defended access to reproductive healthcare, fought for criminal justice reform, and sought solutions to environmental issues disproportionately affecting vulnerable communities.
In our chat, Brian talks with me about his life before entering the political arena including what is was like, in the year 2000, to be one of the first American Football captains to have ever come out in the NCAA (National Collegiate Athletic Association) - the highest level of college football in the United States in 2000.
But it's not all politics and football, Brian also chatted to me about finding love (since our chat Brian has gotten engaged, congrats!) and moving across the country with his now fiancé Alex Drakos. I hope you love it.

Darren.

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