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Tracy Baim

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

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

Biography

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

Career

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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. Following a debilitating public dispute between Baim and then-editor and the paper's then co-owner Leonard Goodman, during which ownership was transferred to a nonprofit, Baim resigned in 2022.

Awards and honors

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  • 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.[8]
  • 2013: Lifetime Achievement Award. From the Chicago Headline Club at the 37th annual Peter Lisagor Awards for Exemplary Journalism.[8]
  • 2014: Fueling the Frontlines Awards honoree.[6]
  • 2014: Association of LGBTI Journalists Hall of Fame Inductee.[8]

Baim was also a finalist for a 2012 Lambda Literary Award[8] for Gay Press, Gay Power: The Growth of LGBT Community Newspapers.

Works

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Journalism

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  • GayLife. Editorial Assistant.[5]
  • Windy City Times. Co-founder 1985. Owner, publisher, writer, photographer.[5]
  • Outlines newspaper. Co-founded 1987.[9]
  • Huffpost. Contributor.[10]
  • Chicago Reader. Publisher 2018. Co-publisher –present.[9]

Books

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  • Obama and the Gays: A Political Marriage. 2010.[11]
  • Gay Press, Gay Power: The Growth of LGBT Community Newspapers in America. 2012.[11]
  • 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.[12]
  • Leatherman: The Legend of Chuck Renslow.[2]
  • The Half Life of Sgt. Jen Hunter.[2]

Films

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  • Hannah Free. 2008, Ripe Fruit Films.[11]
  • Scrooge & Marley, a Gay Christmas Carol. 2012.[11]

Other projects

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  • That's So Gay. LGBT history trivia game.[11]
  • Pride Action Tank. Co-founder.[9]
  • Chicago Independent Media Alliance. Fundraising organization for community media. 2020.[9]
  • Gay Games VII. Co-vice chair.
  • March on Springfield for Marriage Equality. Founded 2013.

References

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Notes

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  1. ^ Reader, Chicago (2022-08-05). "[PRESS RELEASE] Baim stepping down as Reader publisher end of 2022". Chicago Reader. Retrieved 2023-05-21.
  2. ^ a b c "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. ^ a b c Chicago LGBT Hall of Fame 1994.
  6. ^ a b Astraea Lesbian Foundation For Justice 2014a.
  7. ^ American Institute of Architects.
  8. ^ a b c d Association of LGBTQ Journalists 2014.
  9. ^ a b c d Hieggelke 2020.
  10. ^ HuffPost.
  11. ^ a b c d e Astraea Lesbian Foundation For Justice 2014b.
  12. ^ Baim & Keehan 2014.

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