In 2000, Brian K. Sims was the captain of the Bloomsburg University football team, and in the middle of the greatest season in the Division II school’s history he did the unthinkable: he came out of the closet! In doing so, the regional All-American and team captain became the only openly gay college football captain in NCAA history and the most notable college player to ever come out. Following a trip to the National Championship, and after 12 seasons of winning football, Sims, a high school and college football champion, packed up his cleats and went to law school. Now, 9 years after his record-setting and unimaginable season, Sims is an LGBT advocate and successful policy attorney, living and working in Philadelphia. Brian is the Staff Counsel for Policy & Planning at the Philadelphia Bar Association, the President of GALLOP (Gay & Lesbian Lawyers of Philadelphia), a State Political Leaders Fellow at the Center for Progressive Leadership, and a member of the Board of Directors of Equality Advocates of Pennsylvania.