Chris Oyler

Chris Oyler (fl. late 20th century) is an American author and AIDS activist.

The elder three of her four sons were born with haemophilia. Her eldest son Ben Oyler (June 1977 - July 4, 1986) and brother Scott (died July 5, 1987), who was also a haemophiliac, died of AIDS when they were transfused with clotting factor, vital for treating their condition, was tainted. Ben was nine years old when he died, approximately fourteen months after his AIDS diagnosis.

Ben Oyler was barred, like Ryan White, from attending classes although Oyler and her husband Grant declined to contest that ruling, preferring preserving the family's privacy.

Chris Oyler described the family's experience of her son's illness and death under the title Go Toward the Light, which was the basis for the 1988 made-for-television movie of the same name, with Linda Hamilton as a similarly situated mother.