Tryfan Morys Eibhlyn Llwyd (they/them) was born in Paris, Kentucky on February 21, 1951 and died in Louisville, Kentucky on March 3rd, 2021. Their activist career spanned from the early 1970’s to the 2020 George Floyd protests. The Tryfan Morys Eibhlyn Llwyd papers include organizational documents, fliers, correspondence, biographical material, photographs, ephemera, and clothing documenting their career as an activist in San Francisco from the early 1970s to the mid 1990s.

Tryfan Morys Eibhlyn Llwyd (they/them) was born in Paris, Kentucky on February 21, 1951 and died in Louisville, Kentucky on March 3rd, 2021. Their activist career spanned from the early 1970’s to the 2020 George Floyd protests. They were a pioneer in leftist coalition politics and intersectionality, and often emphasized the necessity of the Gay Liberation Movement to form coalitions with other political movements such as anti-racism, anti-imperialism, feminism, prison abolition and socialism. A longtime survivor of AIDS, they were a founding member of the AIDS Action Pledge in 1986, which developed into ACT UP. Some of the many notable protests and demonstrations they co-organized included the 1987 March on Washington, the 1987 Burroughs-Wellcome protest, the Midnight Caller protests in 1988, the FDA Occupation in 1988, and the Golden Gate Bridge Blockade in 1989. When not doing grassroots organization, they worked as a research assistant at UCSF for AIDS Prevention studies. During the last years of their life they came out as a “non-binary and genderqueer member of the transgender community” and adopted the name “Tryfan”.

9 linear feet (4 cartons and 1 large box)

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