What is Phyll Opoku-Gyimah?
{{infobox person | name = Phyll Opoku-Gyimah | image = Phyll Opoku-Gyimah March 2014.jpg | alt = Opoku-Gyimah at the Global Gay Rights event at the Southbank Centre in London on 9 March 2014 | caption = Phyll Opoku-Gyimah at the [[Southbank Centre]] in March 2014 | birth_name = Phyllis Akua Opoku-Gyimah | birth_date = {{birth year and age|1974|11}} | birth_place = [[Islington, London]], England | alma_mater = [[Lea Valley Academy]] | occupation = Political activist | party = {{Plainlist| * [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour]] }} | awards = {{ubl|Independent on Sunday Pink List, 2011 (64), 2012| Black LGBT Community Award| Big Society Award nomination (2012)| World Pride Power List (2012)| European Diversity Awards Campaigner of the Year in 2017}} | organisation = {{ubl|Executive Director of [[Kaleidoscope Trust]]|UK Black Pride}} }} '''Phyllis Akua Opoku-Gyimah''' was born on November 1974. She is also known as '''Lady Phyll''', is a [[United Kingdom|British]] political activist, co-founder of UK Black Pride and executive director of Kaleidoscope Trust.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2013-10-12|title=The IoS Pink List 2012|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/news/ios-pink-list-2012-8216187.html|access-date=2021-05-17|website=The Independent|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Guobadia|first=Otamere|date=2021-01-14|title='The UK's black gay icons are worthy of recognition'|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/bbcthree/article/60d9d20e-041f-4f61-bd40-d90480d1bb22|access-date=2021-05-17|website=BBC Three|language=en-GB}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Sanusi|first=Victoria|date=2020-10-23|title=Black British Activists: Alicia Garza's women making changes|url=https://www.stylist.co.uk/people/black-british-women-activists/438365|access-date=2021-05-17|website=Stylist|language=en}}</ref> == Early life and education == Opoku-Gyimah was born and raised in Britain and Lea Valley Academy, where she first became politically active. She is of Ghanaian heritage.<ref>{{Cite web|