Tracy Baim

Tracy Baim is a Chicago-based LGBT journalist, editor, author, and filmmaker.[1] She is also the publisher of the Chicago Reader newspaper.

Tracy Baim
NationalityAmerican
EducationDrake University
Occupation(s)journalist, writer
Years active1984–present
Known forWindy City Times
MovementLGBT Rights

Biography

Baim attained a degree from Drake University in 1984, in the field of journalism.

Career

Windy City Times was founded in 1985 by Baim and others, who started Sentury Publications to publish the paper.[2][3] where she is the publisher and executive editor.

Baim came to the Chicago Reader in 2018 and planned to leave by the end of 2022.[4]

Awards and honors
  • 1994: Chicago Gay and Lesbian Hall of Fame Inductee. [5]
  • 1994: Chicago Torch Award winner. Given by the Human Rights Campaign Fund.
  • 1995: Crain’s Chicago Business 40 Under 40 leader. [6]
  • 2005: Community Media Workshop’s Studs Terkel Award. [7]
  • 2012: Top 10 selection from the GLBT Round Table of the American Library Association. For Gay Press, Gay Power: The Growth of LGBT Community Newspapers in America. [1]
  • 2013: Lifetime Achievement Award. From the Chicago Headline Club at the 37th annual Peter Lisagor Awards for Exemplary Journalism. [8] [1]
  • 2014: Fueling the Frontlines Awards honoree. [6]
  • 2014: Association of LGBT Journalists Hall of Fame Inductee. [9]

Baim was also a finalist for a 2012 Lambda Literary Award[1] for Gay Press, Gay Power: The Growth of LGBT Community Newspapers.

Works

Journalism
  • GayLife. Editorial Assistant. [5]
  • Windy City Times. Co-founder 1985. Owner, publisher, writer, photographer. [5]
  • Outlines newspaper. Co-founded 1987. [10]
  • Huffpost. Contributor. [11]
  • Chicago Reader. Publisher 2018. Co-publisher –present. [12]

Books
  • Obama and the Gays: A Political Marriage. 2010. [13]
  • Gay Press, Gay Power: The Growth of LGBT Community Newspapers in America. 2012. [13]
  • Out and Proud in Chicago. (2008) Related, see the Chicago Gay History website.
  • Barbara Gittings: Gay Pioneer.
  • Vernita Gray: From Woodstock to the White House. 2014. Co-author Owen Keehan. [14]

Films
  • Hannah Free. 2008, Ripe Fruit Films. [15]
  • Scrooge & Marley, a Gay Christmas Carol. 2012. [15]

Other projects
  • That's So Gay. LGBT history trivia game. [15]
  • Pride Action Tank. Co-founder. [12]
  • Chicago Independent Media Alliance. Fundraising organization for community media. 2020. [12]
  • Gay Games VII. Co-vice chair.
  • March on Springfield for Marriage Equality. Founded 2013.

References

Notes
  1. Association of LGBTQ Journalists 2021.
  2. Barnhurst, Kevin G. (2007). Media Queered: Visibility and Its Discontents. New York City: Peter Lang. pp. 143–147. ISBN 978-0-8204-9533-0.
  3. "The 50 Most Powerful Women in Chicago Tracy Baim". Chicago Magazine. April 13, 2020.
  4. Roeder, David (August 5, 2022). "Tracy Baim to leave the Chicago Reader by year-end". Chicago Sun-Times. Retrieved 23 October 2022.
  5. Chicago LGBT Hall of Fame 1994.
  6. Astraea Lesbian Foundation For Justice & 2014-05-17.
  7. American Institute of Architects.
  8. Chicago Headline Club 2013.
  9. Association of LGBTQ Journalists 2014.
  10. Hieggelke 2014.
  11. HuffPost.
  12. Hieggelke 2020.
  13. Astraea Lesbian Foundation for Justice 2014.
  14. Baim 2014.
  15. Astraea Lesbian Foundation For Justice 2014.

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