_Tracy Baim
Tracy Baim is the publisher and managing editor of Chicago’s largest chain of gay and lesbian publications: Windy City Media Group (Windy City Times, Nightspots, Windy City Queercast and more). In May 2009, Baim marked her 25th anniversary in Chicago LGBT media, having started at GayLife newspaper in 1984.
Baim is founding co-chair of the Chicago Area Gay and Lesbian Chamber of Commerce, was recognized as one of Crain’s Chicago Business 40-Under-40 leaders, received the 2005 Studs Terkel Award, and is an inductee to Chicago’s Gay and Lesbian Hall of Fame.
Recently, Baim served as vice co-chair of Gay Games VII. In 2008, she edited the first history book of Chicago’s gay community, Out and Proud in Chicago: An Overview of the City’s Gay Community. She also launched www.ChicagoGayHistory.org, an oral history site.
Baim executive produced a film, Hannah Free, based on the award-winning stage play by Claudia Allen, starring Sharon Gless, now in theaters and film festivals.
See www.windycitymediagroup.com
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