Michael Hinson, a legendary elder in Philadelphia’s LGBTQ community, died on Saturday at 55 after a few weeks in the hospital, said longtime friend David Fair.
The warmth and love Hinson traded left as much of an impact as his impressive list of accomplishments, friends and colleagues said.
Hinson was one of the first Philly residents to seriously strategize against HIV/AIDS in the Black community. He was the city’s first unofficial LGBT liaison, founded Colours Magazine, and co-founded the Black Gay Men’s Leadership Council and Philly Black Pride.
He helped adjust a buddy system for people with HIV/AIDS so that it was more inclusive to people of color — and helped with an intervention for the disease that made it to the CDC’s list of effective interventions.
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