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

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

Biography

Baim attained a journalism degree from Drake University in the field of news-editorialism in 1984.[2]

Career

Windy City Times was founded in 1985 by Baim and others, who started Sentury Publications to publish the paper.[3][4] 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.[5]

Awards and honors

  • 1994: Chicago Gay and Lesbian Hall of Fame Inductee. [6]
  • 1994: Chicago Torch Award winner. Given by the Human Rights Campaign Fund.
  • 1995: Crain’s Chicago Business 40 Under 40 leader. [7]
  • 2005: Community Media Workshop’s Studs Terkel Award. [8]
  • 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. [9]
  • 2013: Lifetime Achievement Award. From the Chicago Headline Club at the 37th annual Peter Lisagor Awards for Exemplary Journalism. [10] [9]
  • 2014: Fueling the Frontlines Awards honoree. [7]
  • 2014: Association of LGBTI Journalists Hall of Fame Inductee. [11]

Baim was also a finalist for a 2012 Lambda Literary Award[9] for Gay Press, Gay Power: The Growth of LGBT Community Newspapers.

Works

Journalism

  • GayLife. Editorial Assistant. [6]
  • Windy City Times. Co-founder 1985. Owner, publisher, writer, photographer. [6]
  • Outlines newspaper. Co-founded 1987. [12]
  • Huffpost. Contributor. [13]
  • Chicago Reader. Publisher 2018. Co-publisher –present. [14]

Books

  • Obama and the Gays: A Political Marriage. 2010. [15]
  • Gay Press, Gay Power: The Growth of LGBT Community Newspapers in America. 2012. [15]
  • 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. [16]
  • Leatherman: The Legend of Chuck Renslow.[17]
  • The Half Life of Sgt. Jen Hunter.[18]

Films

  • Hannah Free. 2008, Ripe Fruit Films. [19]
  • Scrooge & Marley, a Gay Christmas Carol. 2012. [19]

Other projects

  • That's So Gay. LGBT history trivia game. [19]
  • Pride Action Tank. Co-founder. [14]
  • Chicago Independent Media Alliance. Fundraising organization for community media. 2020. [14]
  • Gay Games VII. Co-vice chair.
  • March on Springfield for Marriage Equality. Founded 2013.

References

Notes

  1. ↑ Reader, Chicago (2022-08-05). "[PRESS RELEASE] Baim stepping down as Reader publisher end of 2022". Chicago Reader. Retrieved 2023-05-21.
  2. ↑ "Tracy Baim: a gay-media torchbearer". Chicago Tribune. 2013-02-08. Retrieved 2023-05-21.
  3. ↑ Barnhurst, Kevin G. (2007). Media Queered: Visibility and Its Discontents. New York City: Peter Lang. pp. 143–147. ISBN 978-0-8204-9533-0.
  4. ↑ "The 50 Most Powerful Women in Chicago Tracy Baim". Chicago Magazine. April 13, 2020.
  5. ↑ Roeder, David (August 5, 2022). "Tracy Baim to leave the Chicago Reader by year-end". Chicago Sun-Times. Retrieved 23 October 2022.
  6. 1 2 3 Chicago LGBT Hall of Fame 1994.
  7. 1 2 Astraea Lesbian Foundation For Justice & 2014-05-17.
  8. ↑ American Institute of Architects.
  9. 1 2 3 Association of LGBTQ Journalists 2021.
  10. ↑ Chicago Headline Club 2013.
  11. ↑ Association of LGBTQ Journalists 2014.
  12. ↑ Hieggelke 2014.
  13. ↑ HuffPost.
  14. 1 2 3 Hieggelke 2020.
  15. 1 2 Astraea Lesbian Foundation for Justice 2014.
  16. ↑ Baim 2014.
  17. ↑ "Tracy Baim: a gay-media torchbearer". Chicago Tribune. 2013-02-08. Retrieved 2023-05-21.
  18. ↑ "Tracy Baim: a gay-media torchbearer". Chicago Tribune. 2013-02-08. Retrieved 2023-05-21.
  19. 1 2 3 Astraea Lesbian Foundation For Justice 2014.

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