What is Brian Sims?
{{Use mdy dates|date=October 2018}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Brian Sims | image = File:State Rep Brian Sims.jpg | caption = Sims speaking in 2021 | state_house = Pennsylvania | district = [[Pennsylvania House of Representatives, District 182|182nd]] | term_start = {{start date|2012|12|1}} | term_end = | predecessor = [[Babette Josephs]] | successor = | birth_name = Brian Kendall Sims | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1978|9|16}} | birth_place = [[Washington, D.C.]], U.S. | death_date = | death_place = | party = [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic Party]] | education = [[Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania]] ([[Bachelor of Science|BS]])<br>[[Michigan State University]] ([[Juris Doctor|JD]]) }} '''Brian Kendall Sims''' (born September 16, 1978) is an American [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]] politician and football captain. He was the first college [[American football]] captain to come out as [[gay]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.progressiveleaders.org/states/pennsylvania/faculty/sims_bio.html |title=CPL Pennsylvania: Brian Sims |publisher=Center for Progressive Leadership |access-date=September 10, 2013 |archive-date=April 26, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120426022320/http://www.progressiveleaders.org/states/pennsylvania/faculty/sims_bio.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> He is also the first openly gay person elected to the Pennsylvania General Assembly.<ref name=gayp/> He was a candidate for [[Lieutenant Governor of Pennsylvania]] in the [[2022 Pennsylvania gubernatorial election|2022 election]]. ==Life== Sims's parents were both colonels in the U.S. Army. He has a twin brother, an older brother, and a younger sister. He went to high school in Chester County, Pennsylvania.<ref name=fpbs/> Sims has a bachelor of science degree from Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania. He also has a juris doc