Blue Babies Pink
Blue Babies Pink
B.T. Harman
(Note: Blue Babies Pink is like an audio book. Start with the Prologue, then Episode 1, Episode 2, etc.)For nearly a decade, Brett Trapp Harman kept a secret journal of thoughts on being gay and Christian, knowing one day he'd shout the story he feared most.On a Wednesday morning in late 2016, he logged on to Facebook and began shouting...He started by publishing a Gossip Guide to his sexuality—a cheeky way to let friends know his secret. He then began sharing the vivid details of his story through a 44-episode memoir, published as one episode per day. He called the story Blue Babies Pink. Within days, Blue Babies Pink began to spread through social media. Thousands of readers tuned in, eagerly waiting for the daily installment to be released. Readers resonated deeply with Brett's struggle with faith, loneliness, shame, singleness, workaholism, and uncertainty. Called "the Netflix of blogs," more than 100,000 people have read or listened to Blue Babies Pink to date.
Epilogue • My Little Speaking Up
Brett's final thoughts on the journey of Blue Babies Pink...
Mar 2, 2017
21 min
Episode 44 • Love Storms
NOTE: This is the finale of Blue Babies Pink. If you haven't read the previous 43 episodes, please do that before listening to Episode 44. Also, after listening to this one, be sure to check out the Epilogue for the final wrap-up.
Mar 2, 2017
20 min
Episode 43 • Tears on a Boat Dock
"I sprinted down that path, through the trees, all the way out to the boat dock—heaving, shaking, and sobbing as I ran. I felt like I might choke, fighting for breath. My face poured wet salt onto the summer grass below..."
Mar 2, 2017
15 min
Episode 42 • Someone to Run Home To
"I began to think a lot then about the role of a spouse, of a companion. I'd never been in anything close to a meaningful relationship, and I'd slammed the door on love years before, so I was clueless about it all."
Mar 2, 2017
12 min
Episode 41 • Questions for God
"My whole life, I'd been taught that God's design for the world was men and women getting married and making babies. This formed family units which were the building blocks of society. So it made sense that the institution of marriage would lead to great human flourishing."
Mar 2, 2017
13 min
Episode 40 • Brain Blanks
Brett appears on a Christian TV show and disaster strikes...
Mar 2, 2017
12 min
Episode 39 • Decade-Long Battles
"March 14 was the day I thought God cursed my testicles..."
Mar 2, 2017
8 min
Episode 38 • Elvis and Larry
"And while death is inevitable, we still have to live. We still have to do our best to use our lives well. This is one of the great paradoxes of life: That our time on earth is both utterly precious and completely insignificant."
Mar 2, 2017
14 min
Episode 37 • Growing Old, But Not Quite Growing Up
"Every wedding was a little funeral for me. I held a little sad ceremony in my heart...a ceremony for one..."
Mar 2, 2017
10 min
Episode 36 • Anxiety
Trip(s) to the ER...
Mar 2, 2017
10 min
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