CAPRICE CARTHANS is a trans advocate and author with more than 30 years of experience and leadership in HIV and Trans issues. She is the founder and Executive Director of Equity Alliance Health Illinois. She is a member of the Board of Directors for the AIDS Foundation of Chicago (AFC)and Co-Chair for the Chicago Department of Public Health’s (CDPH), Chicago Area HIV Integrated Services Council. Caprice was awarded the 2017 Transgender Day of Remembrance and Trailblazer Awards by Office of the Mayor, City of Chicago; HIV Community Leader from CDPH and the AFC 2018 Innovation Award. Caprice’s contributions to the LGBTQ movement are profiled in “To Survive on this Shore: Photographs and Interviews with Transgender and Gender Nonconforming Older Adults.” Caprice was inducted into the Chicago LGBT Hall of Fame in 2020 by Mayor Lori Lightfoot.
Bio as of 11/2024