Blue Babies Pink

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**Blue Babies Pink**

(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 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 Blue Babies Pink to date.

Latest Episodes:

Epilogue • My Little Speaking Up Mar 02, 2017

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Brett's final thoughts on the journey of Blue Babies Pink...

Episode 44 • Love Storms Mar 02, 2017

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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.

Episode 43 • Tears on a Boat Dock Mar 02, 2017

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"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..."

Episode 42 • Someone to Run Home To Mar 02, 2017

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"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."

Episode 41 • Questions for God Mar 02, 2017

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"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."

Episode 40 • Brain Blanks Mar 02, 2017

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Brett appears on a Christian TV show and disaster strikes...

Episode 39 • Decade-Long Battles Mar 02, 2017

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"March 14 was the day I thought God cursed my testicles..."

Episode 38 • Elvis and Larry Mar 02, 2017

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"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."

Episode 37 • Growing Old, But Not Quite Growing Up Mar 02, 2017

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"Every wedding was a little funeral for me. I held a little sad ceremony in my heart...a ceremony for one..."

Episode 36 • Anxiety Mar 02, 2017

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Trip(s) to the ER...