Tim Campbell

Tim Campbell (1939–2015) was a gay activist and newspaper publisher in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

Biography Campbell was born in Leavenworth, Kansas and grew up on the Gulf Coast of Texas. He had four brothers and two sisters. He attended St. Mary's Seminary in Houston, and quit the seminary after being sent to a psychiatrist who recommended that he date women.

In his self-written obituary, Campbell said that in 1962 when he was called to register for the draft, he checked the box for "homosexual tendencies," causing him to list '1Y' as his draft status.

Campbell earned his master's degree in French linguistics from the University of Texas in 1969 and moved to teach at the University of Minnesota-Morris in 1970.

In 1973 and 1974, Campbell worked with Jack Baker and Mike McConnell to run sensitivity training on gay issues in a variety of contexts. In 1974, Campbell was the press spokesperson for FREE, a University of Minnesota gay and lesbian group, during an equal-employment rally, which led to his connection to the local press. He advocated for using "gay" and "lesbian" instead of "homosexual" to both national and local publications.

Along with Jerome K. Smith, Campbell founded the Lambda Sobriety Center in Minneapolis in 1981.