Derrick Hicks
Derrick Allen Hicks was an American LGBT activist.[1][2][3]
Derrick Hicks | |
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| Born | Derrick Allen Hicks 1955 |
| Died | 2002 (aged 46–47) |
| Known for | Founding member of the Council of Black Gay Men |
Life
Derrick Hicks was born in Chicago, U.S.[4][5]
Hicks was a founding member of the Council of Black Gay Men and a journalist for a homosexual publication in Chicago in the 1970s.[1] He also founded a magazine named Diplomat during the same period.[4] In the 1980s, he joined the first Washington, DC, AIDS task team.[1] To combat the spread of HIV in the West Side community, he helped establish the Greater Chicago Committee in the early 1990s.[1]
In 1999, Hicks was inducted to the Chicago LGBT Hall of Fame.[4]
Hicks was a member of the Chicago HIV Prevention Planning Group and St. Joseph Hospital's HIV Advisory Board.[4] He co-chaired Langston Hughes–Eleanor Roosevelt Democratic Club and also headed the Black Lesbian and Gay Community Center.[4]
Recognition
- Chicago LGBT Hall of Fame (1999)