About Caprice Carthans
Caprice Carthans was an American activist, hIV/AIDS activist and lGBTQ rights activist.
Caprice Carthans is a trans advocate and author. She has served as the trans coordinator for Gay Men's Health Crisis. In 2020, she joined the Integrated Community Advisory Board (CAB) at the AIDS Foundation of Chicago (AFC). She is an inductee of the Chicago LGBT Hall of Fame in 2020.
Carthans, as of August 2022, is a member of the AFC Board of Directors and CAB.
Biography Transgender When she was eleven, Carthans came out as trans to her mother, whom she found very supportive.
Honors and awards Her awards include the 2017 National Transgender Testing Day Advocate and was the Chicago Department of Public Health HIV Trailblazer. She was featured in the 2018 book by Kehrer Verlag called To Survive on this Shore.
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Who was Caprice Carthans?
American activist
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Caprice Carthans was born in Chicago.
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Caprice Carthans was an activist, hIV/AIDS activist and lGBTQ rights activist.
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Caprice Carthans was American.
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