Question: Facts:   - death date: 08 may 2000      - birth date: 09 august 1973    - name: henry joseph nicols    - nationality: american    - death place: cooperstown , new york   Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of henry nicols .
Answer:
henry joseph nicols -lrb- august 9 , 1973 -- may 8 , 2000 -rrb- was an american hiv/aids activist who became the first american student to intentionally disclose his hiv infection to his community in march 1991 .