05/09/2026
🏳️🌈💔 Remembering Ally Van Tillo 💔🏳️🌈
We were deeply saddened to hear of the death of Ally Van Tillo, founder of the UK AIDS Memorial Quilt Conservation Partnership.
Ally’s work created something incredibly important for our LGBTQIA+ community. At a time when so many people who died from HIV and AIDS were met with stigma, silence and shame, Ally helped create a way for their lives, their names and their stories to be remembered.
The UK AIDS Memorial Quilt became much more than a memorial. It became a powerful statement that these people mattered, that they were loved, and that they would not be forgotten.
The Quilt now remembers more than 600 people who died from HIV and AIDS, with hundreds of individual panels lovingly created by families, friends and loved ones. Ally’s vision and dedication ensured that their lives became part of our collective history
And there is something particularly poignant about the Quilt returning to Scotland this month, where Ally began the UK project in Edinburgh in the late 1980s. It will be displayed in full at in Glasgow from 12 September to 4 October.
From all of us at Lochaber Pride, we send our love and condolences to Ally’s husband Ian, his family, friends and everyone whose lives he touched.
Thank you, Ally, for helping our community remember.
Your work, your passion and the people you fought to remember will never be forgotten. 🏳️🌈❤️
Rest in power, Ally. 🕯️
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