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'''Stuart Timmons''' (January 14, 1957 – January 28, 2017) was an American [[journalist]], activist, [[historian]], and award-winning author specializing in [[LGBT history]] based in [[Los Angeles, California]]. He was the author of ''The Trouble With [[Harry Hay]]: Founder of the Modern Gay Movement'' and the co-author of ''Gay L.A.: A History of Sexual Outlaws, Power Politics, and Lipstick Lesbians'' with [[Lillian Faderman]].
'''Stuart Timmons''' (January 14, 1957 – January 28, 2017) was an American [[journalist]], activist, [[historian]], and award-winning author specializing in [[LGBT history]] based in [[Los Angeles, California]]. He was the author of ''The Trouble With [[Harry Hay]]: Founder of the Modern Gay Movement'' and the co-author of ''Gay L.A.: A History of Sexual Outlaws, Power Politics, and Lipstick Lesbians'' with [[Lillian Faderman]].


==Early life==
==Early Life==
Timmons was born on January 14, 1957, in Cottagewood Hospital in [[Minneapolis]], [[Minnesota]].<ref name="laprideobituary">{{cite news|last1=Ocamb|first1=Karen|title=Gay author, historian Stuart Timmons dead at 60|url=https://thepridela.com/2017/01/gay-author-historian-stuart-timmons-dead-60/|accessdate=January 29, 2017|work=Los Angeles Pride|date=January 28, 2017}}</ref><ref name="latimesobit">{{cite news|last1=Woo|first1=Elaine|title=Stuart Timmons, author of 'Gay L.A.' and noted LGBT historian, dies at 60|url=http://www.latimes.com/local/obituaries/la-me-stuart-timmons-20170130-story.html|accessdate=January 30, 2017|work=The Los Angeles Times|date=January 30, 2017}}</ref> He has two sisters, Gay and Emily Timmons, both in the SF Bay Area.<ref name="sanluistribune">{{cite news|title=Stuart Timmons, author and LGBT historian, dies at 60|url=http://www.sanluisobispo.com/entertainment/celebrities/article129792589.html|accessdate=January 31, 2017|work=The San Luis Obispo Tribune|date=January 31, 2017}}</ref> While he was still a toddler, his family moved to Santa Barbara due to his father getting a new job.<ref name="laprideobituary"/>
Timmons was born on January 14, 1957, in Cottagewood Hospital in [[Minneapolis]], [[Minnesota]].<ref name="laprideobituary">{{cite news|last1=Ocamb|first1=Karen|title=Gay author, historian Stuart Timmons dead at 60|url=https://thepridela.com/2017/01/gay-author-historian-stuart-timmons-dead-60/|accessdate=January 29, 2017|work=Los Angeles Pride|date=January 28, 2017}}</ref><ref name="latimesobit">{{cite news|last1=Woo|first1=Elaine|title=Stuart Timmons, author of 'Gay L.A.' and noted LGBT historian, dies at 60|url=http://www.latimes.com/local/obituaries/la-me-stuart-timmons-20170130-story.html|accessdate=January 30, 2017|work=The Los Angeles Times|date=January 30, 2017}}</ref> He has two sisters, Gay and Emily Timmons, both in the SF Bay Area.<ref name="sanluistribune">{{cite news|title=Stuart Timmons, author and LGBT historian, dies at 60|url=http://www.sanluisobispo.com/entertainment/celebrities/article129792589.html|accessdate=January 31, 2017|work=The San Luis Obispo Tribune|date=January 31, 2017}}</ref> While he was still a toddler, his family moved to Santa Barbara due to his father getting a new job.<ref name="laprideobituary"/>


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Timmons served as the executive director of the [[ONE National Gay & Lesbian Archives]] and served on its board of directors. In 2007, he began developing walking tours of LGBTQ historic sites in Los Angeles. He finished tours of [[Downtown Los Angeles]] and [[Silver Lake, Los Angeles]], but experienced a severe cerebellar [[stroke]] in January 2008 before he could complete his West Hollywood edition.<ref name="laprideobituary"/>
Timmons served as the executive director of the [[ONE National Gay & Lesbian Archives]] and served on its board of directors. In 2007, he began developing walking tours of LGBTQ historic sites in Los Angeles. He finished tours of [[Downtown Los Angeles]] and [[Silver Lake, Los Angeles]], but experienced a severe cerebellar [[stroke]] in January 2008 before he could complete his West Hollywood edition.<ref name="laprideobituary"/>


With a grant from the City of [[West Hollywood]], Los Angeles-based performance artist Jason Jenn helped complete and produce Timmons' West Hollywood walking tour in celebration of the city's 30th Anniversary in 2015. The walking tour was turned into a document that could be downloaded and read as guide. The walking tour included live performances of historical information including the talents of comedian [[Kristina Wong]],<ref name="wehossexyscandalouslgbtq">{{cite news|title=Weho's Sexy, Scandalous Lgbtq History Brought To Life With Fun-Filled Live Action Tour!|url=http://westhollywoodlifestyle.com/wehos-sexy-scandalous-lgbtq-history-brought-to-life-with-fun-filled-live-action-tour|accessdate=January 30, 2017|work=West Hollywood Lifestyle|date=November 2014}}</ref> and Justin Sayer (a writer for ''[[2 Broke Girls]]'' and stand up comedian).<ref name="citythestuarttimmons">{{cite web|title=THE STUART TIMMONS CITY OF WEST HOLLYWOOD LGBTQ HISTORY MOBILE TOUR|url=http://www.weho.org/home/showdocument?id=20399|website=City of West Hollywood|accessdate=January 30, 2017}}</ref> He was a co-organizer of the dedication of the Mattachine Steps in [[Silver Lake, Los Angeles|Silver Lake]] named for the Mattachine Society on April 7, 2012, alongside Mark Thompson, Wes Joe, Mitch O'Farrell, and [[Eric Garcetti]] (then a councilor and present-day mayor of Los Angeles).<ref name="laprideobituary"/>
With a grant from the City of [[West Hollywood]], Los Angeles-based performance artist [http://www.jasonjenn.com Jason Jenn] help Timmons complete and produce the City of West Hollywood LGBTQ History Tour in celebration of the city's 30th Anniversary in 2015. The walking tour was also adapted into a self guided mobile app. The walking tour included live performances of historical information including the talents of comedian [[Kristina Wong]],<ref name="wehossexyscandalouslgbtq">{{cite news|title=Weho's Sexy, Scandalous Lgbtq History Brought To Life With Fun-Filled Live Action Tour!|url=http://westhollywoodlifestyle.com/wehos-sexy-scandalous-lgbtq-history-brought-to-life-with-fun-filled-live-action-tour|accessdate=January 30, 2017|work=West Hollywood Lifestyle|date=November 2014}}</ref> and Justin Sayer (a writer for ''[[2 Broke Girls]]'' and stand up comedian).<ref name="citythestuarttimmons">{{cite web|title=THE STUART TIMMONS CITY OF WEST HOLLYWOOD LGBTQ HISTORY MOBILE TOUR|url=http://www.weho.org/home/showdocument?id=20399|website=City of West Hollywood|accessdate=January 30, 2017}}</ref> He was a co-organizer of the dedication of the Mattachine Steps in [[Silver Lake, Los Angeles|Silver Lake]] named for the Mattachine Society on April 7, 2012, alongside Mark Thompson, Wes Joe, Mitch O'Farrell, and [[Eric Garcetti]] (then a councilor and present-day mayor of Los Angeles).<ref name="laprideobituary"/>


Timmons received a nomination for gay non-fiction from the [[American Library Association]] for his first book in 1990.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.ala.org/glbtrt/award/honored|title=Stonewall Book Awards List|last=admin|date=2009-09-09|newspaper=Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual & Transgender Round Table|accessdate=2017-01-11}}</ref> For his book with Faderman, he received the Monette-Horwitz Award for LGBT Scholarship,<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.monettehorwitz.org/awardees.html|title=Monette-Horwitz Trust – Previous Awardees|website=www.monettehorwitz.org|access-date=2017-01-11}}</ref> the Lambda Literary Award, LGBT Non-Fiction<ref name=":0">{{Cite news|url=http://www.lambdaliterary.org/winners-finalists/04/30/lambda-literary-awards-2006-2|title=19th Annual Lambda Literary Awards|last=Cerna|first=Antonio Gonzalez|date=2006-04-30|newspaper=Lambda Literary|accessdate=2017-01-11}}</ref> and the Lambda Literary Award, LGBT Arts and Culture in 2007.<ref name=":0"/>
Timmons received a nomination for gay non-fiction from the [[American Library Association]] for his first book in 1990.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.ala.org/glbtrt/award/honored|title=Stonewall Book Awards List|last=admin|date=2009-09-09|newspaper=Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual & Transgender Round Table|accessdate=2017-01-11}}</ref> For his book with Faderman, he received the Monette-Horwitz Award for LGBT Scholarship,<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.monettehorwitz.org/awardees.html|title=Monette-Horwitz Trust – Previous Awardees|website=www.monettehorwitz.org|access-date=2017-01-11}}</ref> the Lambda Literary Award, LGBT Non-Fiction<ref name=":0">{{Cite news|url=http://www.lambdaliterary.org/winners-finalists/04/30/lambda-literary-awards-2006-2|title=19th Annual Lambda Literary Awards|last=Cerna|first=Antonio Gonzalez|date=2006-04-30|newspaper=Lambda Literary|accessdate=2017-01-11}}</ref> and the Lambda Literary Award, LGBT Arts and Culture in 2007.<ref name=":0"/>


==Later Life and Death==
==Personal life==
Timmons was openly gay.<ref>{{cite news|first=Karen|last=Ocamb|date=January 28, 2017|title=Gay author, historian Stuart Timmons dead at 60|url=https://thepridela.com/2017/01/gay-author-historian-stuart-timmons-dead-60|website=Pride LA|accessdate=January 31, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|first=Stuart|last=Timmons|chapterurl=https://books.google.com/books?id=YziGAAAAIAAJ&focus=searchwithinvolume&q=%22gay+men+who%22 |chapter=Introduction|title=The Trouble With Harry Hay: Founder of the Modern Gay Movement|location=Boston|publisher=[[Alyson Publications]]|page=xiii|isbn=978-1555831752|accessdate=January 31, 2017|quote=Gay men who, like me, have been aware of him for years, shower [Harry] Hay with these earnest introductions.}}</ref> He suffered a [[stroke]] in 2008 which greatly diminished his cognitive function.<ref name=":1">{{cite web|last1=Linthicum|first1=Kate|title=Hoping a strong voice will return|url=http://articles.latimes.com/2008/nov/15/local/me-timmons15|website=LA Times|publisher=Los Angeles Times|accessdate=31 December 2016}}</ref>
Timmons was openly gay.<ref>{{cite news|first=Karen|last=Ocamb|date=January 28, 2017|title=Gay author, historian Stuart Timmons dead at 60|url=https://thepridela.com/2017/01/gay-author-historian-stuart-timmons-dead-60|website=Pride LA|accessdate=January 31, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|first=Stuart|last=Timmons|chapterurl=https://books.google.com/books?id=YziGAAAAIAAJ&focus=searchwithinvolume&q=%22gay+men+who%22 |chapter=Introduction|title=The Trouble With Harry Hay: Founder of the Modern Gay Movement|location=Boston|publisher=[[Alyson Publications]]|page=xiii|isbn=978-1555831752|accessdate=January 31, 2017|quote=Gay men who, like me, have been aware of him for years, shower [Harry] Hay with these earnest introductions.}}</ref> He suffered a [[stroke]] in 2008 which greatly diminished his cognitive function.<ref name=":1">{{cite web|last1=Linthicum|first1=Kate|title=Hoping a strong voice will return|url=http://articles.latimes.com/2008/nov/15/local/me-timmons15|website=LA Times|publisher=Los Angeles Times|accessdate=31 December 2016}}</ref> Timmons died on January 28, 2017, at the Serrano North Convalescent Hospital in [[Hollywood]], [[California]], from [[cardiac arrest]], at the age of 60.<ref name="laprideobituary" /><ref name="latimesobit" /><ref name="wehovilleobit">{{cite web|title=Stuart Timmons, Chronicler of L.A.’s LGBTQ History, Dies at 60|url=http://www.wehoville.com/2017/01/28/stuart-timmons-chronicler-l-s-lgbtq-history-dies-60/|website=wehoville.com|accessdate=January 30, 2017|date=January 28, 2017}}</ref> An intimate memorial was held at [[ONE National Gay & Lesbian Archives]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://capitalandmain.com/remembering-stuart-timmons-0214|title=Remembering Stuart Timmons – Capital & Main|website=capitalandmain.com|language=en-US|access-date=2017-04-19}}</ref>

==Death==
Timmons died on January 28, 2017, at the Serrano North Convalescent Hospital in [[Hollywood]], [[California]], from [[cardiac arrest]], at the age of 60.<ref name="laprideobituary"/><ref name="latimesobit"/><ref name="wehovilleobit">{{cite web|title=Stuart Timmons, Chronicler of L.A.’s LGBTQ History, Dies at 60|url=http://www.wehoville.com/2017/01/28/stuart-timmons-chronicler-l-s-lgbtq-history-dies-60/|website=wehoville.com|accessdate=January 30, 2017|date=January 28, 2017}}</ref>


== Bibliography ==
== Bibliography ==

Revision as of 23:10, 19 April 2017

Stuart Timmons
Stuart Timmons during his West Hollywood History Tour 2015
Stuart Timmons during his West Hollywood History Tour 2015
Born(1957-01-14)January 14, 1957
Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S.
DiedJanuary 28, 2017(2017-01-28) (aged 60)
Hollywood, California, U.S.
Occupationwriter, historian
LanguageEnglish
NationalityAmerican
GenreShort stories, non-fiction, history
SubjectLGBT history
Notable worksThe Trouble With Harry Hay: Founder of the Modern Gay Movement; Gay L.A.: A History of Sexual Outlaws, Power Politics, and Lipstick Lesbians
Notable awardsLambda Literary Award for Arts & Culture,
Lambda Literary Award for LGBT Nonfiction
Website
http://stuarttimmons.com/

Stuart Timmons (January 14, 1957 – January 28, 2017) was an American journalist, activist, historian, and award-winning author specializing in LGBT history based in Los Angeles, California. He was the author of The Trouble With Harry Hay: Founder of the Modern Gay Movement and the co-author of Gay L.A.: A History of Sexual Outlaws, Power Politics, and Lipstick Lesbians with Lillian Faderman.

Early Life

Timmons was born on January 14, 1957, in Cottagewood Hospital in Minneapolis, Minnesota.[1][2] He has two sisters, Gay and Emily Timmons, both in the SF Bay Area.[3] While he was still a toddler, his family moved to Santa Barbara due to his father getting a new job.[1]

Timmons received his Bachelor of Arts in Film from the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA).[2] While he was a student at UCLA, he co-founded the gay festival on campus with John Ramirez in 1979; it later became known as Outfest.[4]

Career

Through his career Timmons wrote and edited for magazines, documentary  films and non-fiction literature. While at UCLA, where he majored in film, his work as an activist impressed Mark Thompson, who was then the senior editor of The Advocate, a national gay and lesbian news magazine. Thompson hired Timmons as a journalist for the magazine.[5]

Timmons was the author of The Trouble With Harry Hay: Founder of the Modern Gay Movement, published in 1990.[2][5] With lesbian historian Lillian Faderman, he co-authored Gay L.A.: A History of Sexual Outlaws, Power Politics, And Lipstick Lesbians, published in 2006.[2][5] It chronicles the history of gays and lesbians in Los Angeles since the late 1700s.[3]

Timmons served as the executive director of the ONE National Gay & Lesbian Archives and served on its board of directors. In 2007, he began developing walking tours of LGBTQ historic sites in Los Angeles. He finished tours of Downtown Los Angeles and Silver Lake, Los Angeles, but experienced a severe cerebellar stroke in January 2008 before he could complete his West Hollywood edition.[1]

With a grant from the City of West Hollywood, Los Angeles-based performance artist Jason Jenn help Timmons complete and produce the City of West Hollywood LGBTQ History Tour in celebration of the city's 30th Anniversary in 2015. The walking tour was also adapted into a self guided mobile app. The walking tour included live performances of historical information including the talents of comedian Kristina Wong,[6] and Justin Sayer (a writer for 2 Broke Girls and stand up comedian).[7] He was a co-organizer of the dedication of the Mattachine Steps in Silver Lake named for the Mattachine Society on April 7, 2012, alongside Mark Thompson, Wes Joe, Mitch O'Farrell, and Eric Garcetti (then a councilor and present-day mayor of Los Angeles).[1]

Timmons received a nomination for gay non-fiction from the American Library Association for his first book in 1990.[8] For his book with Faderman, he received the Monette-Horwitz Award for LGBT Scholarship,[9] the Lambda Literary Award, LGBT Non-Fiction[10] and the Lambda Literary Award, LGBT Arts and Culture in 2007.[10]

Later Life and Death

Timmons was openly gay.[11][12] He suffered a stroke in 2008 which greatly diminished his cognitive function.[5] Timmons died on January 28, 2017, at the Serrano North Convalescent Hospital in Hollywood, California, from cardiac arrest, at the age of 60.[1][2][13] An intimate memorial was held at ONE National Gay & Lesbian Archives.[14]

Bibliography

  • Timmons, Stuart (1990). The Trouble With Harry Hay: Founder of the Modern Gay Movement. Boston, Massachusetts: Alyson Books. ISBN 9781555831752. OCLC 22274397.
  • Faderman, Lillian; Timmons, Stuart (2006). Gay L.A.: A History of Sexual Outlaws, Power Politics, and Lipstick Lesbians. New York: Basic Books. ISBN 9780465022885. OCLC 70707762.

Filmography

  • Hope Along the Wind: The Story of Harry Hay – co-writer and historical consultant.[15]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e Ocamb, Karen (January 28, 2017). "Gay author, historian Stuart Timmons dead at 60". Los Angeles Pride. Retrieved January 29, 2017.
  2. ^ a b c d e Woo, Elaine (January 30, 2017). "Stuart Timmons, author of 'Gay L.A.' and noted LGBT historian, dies at 60". The Los Angeles Times. Retrieved January 30, 2017.
  3. ^ a b "Stuart Timmons, author and LGBT historian, dies at 60". The San Luis Obispo Tribune. January 31, 2017. Retrieved January 31, 2017.
  4. ^ "Our History". UCLA Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender Campus Resource Center. UCLA. Retrieved January 30, 2017.
  5. ^ a b c d Linthicum, Kate. "Hoping a strong voice will return". LA Times. Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 31 December 2016.
  6. ^ "Weho's Sexy, Scandalous Lgbtq History Brought To Life With Fun-Filled Live Action Tour!". West Hollywood Lifestyle. November 2014. Retrieved January 30, 2017.
  7. ^ "THE STUART TIMMONS CITY OF WEST HOLLYWOOD LGBTQ HISTORY MOBILE TOUR". City of West Hollywood. Retrieved January 30, 2017.
  8. ^ admin (2009-09-09). "Stonewall Book Awards List". Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual & Transgender Round Table. Retrieved 2017-01-11.
  9. ^ "Monette-Horwitz Trust – Previous Awardees". www.monettehorwitz.org. Retrieved 2017-01-11.
  10. ^ a b Cerna, Antonio Gonzalez (2006-04-30). "19th Annual Lambda Literary Awards". Lambda Literary. Retrieved 2017-01-11.
  11. ^ Ocamb, Karen (January 28, 2017). "Gay author, historian Stuart Timmons dead at 60". Pride LA. Retrieved January 31, 2017.
  12. ^ Timmons, Stuart. "Introduction". The Trouble With Harry Hay: Founder of the Modern Gay Movement. Boston: Alyson Publications. p. xiii. ISBN 978-1555831752. Gay men who, like me, have been aware of him for years, shower [Harry] Hay with these earnest introductions. {{cite book}}: |access-date= requires |url= (help); External link in |chapterurl= (help); Unknown parameter |chapterurl= ignored (|chapter-url= suggested) (help)
  13. ^ "Stuart Timmons, Chronicler of L.A.'s LGBTQ History, Dies at 60". wehoville.com. January 28, 2017. Retrieved January 30, 2017.
  14. ^ "Remembering Stuart Timmons – Capital & Main". capitalandmain.com. Retrieved 2017-04-19.
  15. ^ "Hope Along the Wind: The Life of Harry Hay | San Francisco Film Festival". history.sffs.org. Retrieved 2017-01-11.

External links

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