Sickles (born February 18, 1957) is an American politician.
He has served in the Virginia House of Delegates since 2004, representing the 43rd district in the Fairfax County suburbs of Washington, D.C.
Sickles is a member of the Democratic Party; he has been the House minority caucus chair since 2012.
He announced in a Washington Post opinion piece that he is gay.
This makes him the second openly gay member of the Virginia General Assembly after Senator Adam Ebbin.Sickles has served on the House committees on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources (2010–), Commerce and Labor (2006–2009), Health, Welfare and Institutions (2004–) and Privileges and Elections (2004–).