Brian Sims has a cool job

Brian Sims, the latest leader to join the team of Gay Games Ambassadors,has been named by the Advocate as one of 23 people with "the coolest jobs".

BRIAN K. SIMS
Attorney
Philadelphia // 31

It’s a wonder Brian Sims has time to breathe. He is staff counsel for policy and planning at the Philadelphia Bar Association, a body that guides attorneys, judges, and politicians on controversial legal matters. Sims is also president of the board of directors of EqualityPA, chairman of the board of directors of Gay and Lesbian Lawyers of Philadelphia, and has recently joined the national campaign board of the Victory Fund. “My not-so-subtle agenda since I joined the bar was to make it more gay-friendly,” he says. It’s a lot of work, but Sims insists, “I work with some powerful, influential, and wealthy people who have enormous influence on civil rights. To see them come out of the woodwork on civil rights is tremendous.” Sims—who made a splash in the collegiate sports world in 2000, when, as a defensive tackle and captain of the Bloomsburg University football team, he came out to his team—is also a speaker in high demand, talking to college students about being a gay jock. Thought his advocacy, policy work, and public speaking, Sims is uniquely situated to see positive change in action. “I’m going to see the fruits of my labor, here and now.”