Tracy Baim is a Chicago LGBT journalist, editor, publisher, author, and filmmaker.^[1]

Awards and honors

• 1994: Chicago Gay and Lesbian Hall of Fame Inductee ^[2]
• 1994: Chicago Torch Award winner. Given by the Human Rights Campaign Fund.
• 1995: Crain’s Chicago Business 40 Under 40 leader ^[3]
• 2005: Community Media Workshop’s Studs Terkel Award ^[4]
• 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. ^{[5] [1]}
• 2014: Fueling the Frontlines Awards honoree. ^[3]
• 2014: Association of LGBT Journalists Hall of Fame Inductee. ^[6]

She 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. ^[2]
• Windy City Times. Co-founder 1985. Owner, publisher, writer, photographer. ^[2]
• Outlines newspaper. Co-founded 1987. ^[7]
• Huffpost. Contributor ^[8]
• Chicago Reader. Publisher 2018. Co-publisher –present. ^[9]

Books

• Obama and the Gays: A Political Marriage. 2010. ^[10]
• Gay Press, Gay Power: The Growth of LGBT Community Newspapers in America. 2012. ^[10]
• Out and Proud in Chicago. Related, see the Chicago Gay History website.
• Barbara Gettings: Gay Pioneer.
• Vernita Gray: From Woodstock to the White House. 2014. Co-author Owen Keehan. ^[11]

Films

• Hannah Free. 2008, Ripe Fruit Films. ^[12]
• Scrooge & Marley, a Gay Christmas Carol. 2012. ^[12]

Other projects

• That's So Gay. LGBT history trivia game. ^[12]
• 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.