Tracy Baim
@tracybaim.bsky.social
lgbtq+ \ journalist \ advocate \ chicago
lesbian \ feminist\ she\her 🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈🦄
Windy City Times cofounder 1985 \ author
Skeets my own.
lesbian \ feminist\ she\her 🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈🦄
Windy City Times cofounder 1985 \ author
Skeets my own.
Too much to ask to make Nuremberg film required viewing by I-c-e, DHS, police., etc? Can it be posted in parts on X? It may be more premonition come to life than history for them.
November 8, 2025 at 3:56 AM
Too much to ask to make Nuremberg film required viewing by I-c-e, DHS, police., etc? Can it be posted in parts on X? It may be more premonition come to life than history for them.
I can’t believe Fox is showing the whole Mamdani speech. This is amazing. Mamdani to Trump: To get to any of us you will have to get thru all of us.
November 5, 2025 at 4:39 AM
I can’t believe Fox is showing the whole Mamdani speech. This is amazing. Mamdani to Trump: To get to any of us you will have to get thru all of us.
Of yes! Mamdani for inclusion not BS Dem exclusion. Trans, immigrants, for many more. Great speech.
November 5, 2025 at 4:35 AM
Of yes! Mamdani for inclusion not BS Dem exclusion. Trans, immigrants, for many more. Great speech.
Last event I covered Miss Major Griffin-Gracy at was visiting Brave Space Alliance in Chicago a couple years ago. Here with staff and friends. Rest in peace.
October 31, 2025 at 2:04 AM
Last event I covered Miss Major Griffin-Gracy at was visiting Brave Space Alliance in Chicago a couple years ago. Here with staff and friends. Rest in peace.
Saw Sam Feder’s incredible trans doc Heightened Scrutiny at Music Box. Followed by a panel with Feder and Chicagoans Crispin Torres and Lilly Wachowski. (Pictured) Look for screenings near you—distributors are avoiding marginalized creators right now. Support Indy film. www.heightenedscrutinydoc.com
October 26, 2025 at 1:50 AM
Saw Sam Feder’s incredible trans doc Heightened Scrutiny at Music Box. Followed by a panel with Feder and Chicagoans Crispin Torres and Lilly Wachowski. (Pictured) Look for screenings near you—distributors are avoiding marginalized creators right now. Support Indy film. www.heightenedscrutinydoc.com
Here is a recently updated mutual aid list for Chicago. How To Get Involved in Chicago's Mutual Aid Groups - City Cast Chicago
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chicago.citycast.fm/explainers/m...
October 25, 2025 at 7:34 PM
Here is a recently updated mutual aid list for Chicago. How To Get Involved in Chicago's Mutual Aid Groups - City Cast Chicago
chicago.citycast.fm/explainers/m...
chicago.citycast.fm/explainers/m...
Whistle alerts: CODE I:
ICE NEARBY
BLOW QUICKLY IN A BROKEN RHYTHM:
PRE-PRE-PRE! .. CODE 2:
CODE RED
BLOW THREE LONG BLASTS:
PREEEE-PREEEE-PREEEE!
ICE NEARBY
BLOW QUICKLY IN A BROKEN RHYTHM:
PRE-PRE-PRE! .. CODE 2:
CODE RED
BLOW THREE LONG BLASTS:
PREEEE-PREEEE-PREEEE!
October 25, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Whistle alerts: CODE I:
ICE NEARBY
BLOW QUICKLY IN A BROKEN RHYTHM:
PRE-PRE-PRE! .. CODE 2:
CODE RED
BLOW THREE LONG BLASTS:
PREEEE-PREEEE-PREEEE!
ICE NEARBY
BLOW QUICKLY IN A BROKEN RHYTHM:
PRE-PRE-PRE! .. CODE 2:
CODE RED
BLOW THREE LONG BLASTS:
PREEEE-PREEEE-PREEEE!
United we stand. Divided we fall.
October 24, 2025 at 3:28 AM
United we stand. Divided we fall.
Congrats to the newest class of Chicago LGBT Hall of Fame!
October 23, 2025 at 1:59 AM
Congrats to the newest class of Chicago LGBT Hall of Fame!
Many amazing and creative signs and costumes in Chicago. This one gave me tears the most: “My parents fought for my future. Now I will fight for THEIRS.” #nokings. With two statues of liberty behind her.
October 19, 2025 at 5:05 AM
Many amazing and creative signs and costumes in Chicago. This one gave me tears the most: “My parents fought for my future. Now I will fight for THEIRS.” #nokings. With two statues of liberty behind her.
Phone is retiring so no more pics posted today. But hundreds of thousands of beautiful people who love this city and this country. #nokings. CHICAGO.
October 18, 2025 at 8:13 PM
Phone is retiring so no more pics posted today. But hundreds of thousands of beautiful people who love this city and this country. #nokings. CHICAGO.
Tonight: Gerber/Hart Library Oct. 15 free event, Latinx Activism and Journalism Panel, gerberhart.org/latinx-activ... ... Join us at Gerber/Hart at 6:30 PM for a panel discussion about Latinx Activism and Journalism with Robert Castillo, Mona Noriega, and Manuel Hernández-Nuñez moderated by me.
October 15, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Tonight: Gerber/Hart Library Oct. 15 free event, Latinx Activism and Journalism Panel, gerberhart.org/latinx-activ... ... Join us at Gerber/Hart at 6:30 PM for a panel discussion about Latinx Activism and Journalism with Robert Castillo, Mona Noriega, and Manuel Hernández-Nuñez moderated by me.
About to get more archives into the chicago public library WCT/Baim collection (they have around 200+ boxes so far) so Kirk Williamson is over scanning Nightlines/Nightspots covers. We can’t afford to digitize all of these so just scanning covers. Elizabeth Taylor and Lori Cannon. Together again.
October 11, 2025 at 6:44 PM
About to get more archives into the chicago public library WCT/Baim collection (they have around 200+ boxes so far) so Kirk Williamson is over scanning Nightlines/Nightspots covers. We can’t afford to digitize all of these so just scanning covers. Elizabeth Taylor and Lori Cannon. Together again.
League of Women Voters of Oak Park-River Forest panel on local journalism, Oak Park Public Library. Great colleagues: April Alonso from Cicero Independiente; Amethyst Davis from Harvey World Herald; Max Reinsdorf from Growing Community Media; moderator Judith Crown, co-prez of the League chapter.
October 10, 2025 at 2:14 AM
League of Women Voters of Oak Park-River Forest panel on local journalism, Oak Park Public Library. Great colleagues: April Alonso from Cicero Independiente; Amethyst Davis from Harvey World Herald; Max Reinsdorf from Growing Community Media; moderator Judith Crown, co-prez of the League chapter.
Kate Sosin was right in 2019 and just as relevant and right in 2025 and beyond. @shoeleatherkate.bsky.social
October 9, 2025 at 8:57 PM
Kate Sosin was right in 2019 and just as relevant and right in 2025 and beyond. @shoeleatherkate.bsky.social
Congrats Tonika Lewis Johnson for being among newest MacArthur Fellows! www.macfound.org/programs/awa....
October 8, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Congrats Tonika Lewis Johnson for being among newest MacArthur Fellows! www.macfound.org/programs/awa....
Chicago out of our streets rally Wednesday 5:30 pm Ida B Wells and Michigan.
October 7, 2025 at 7:38 PM
Chicago out of our streets rally Wednesday 5:30 pm Ida B Wells and Michigan.
Atwood over Barrett. As it should be. And The Handmaid’s Tale is 40 years old.
October 5, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Atwood over Barrett. As it should be. And The Handmaid’s Tale is 40 years old.
Rest in glorious peace Jane Goodall. I took this pic in September at Lincoln Park Zoo. I felt in the presence of greatness. I hope she is now surrounded by all her favorite animals. Thank you for everything you did to save this planet and its creatures great and small.
October 2, 2025 at 1:10 AM
Rest in glorious peace Jane Goodall. I took this pic in September at Lincoln Park Zoo. I felt in the presence of greatness. I hope she is now surrounded by all her favorite animals. Thank you for everything you did to save this planet and its creatures great and small.
I am a trans ally. These attacks are vicious, cynical, and real.
September 20, 2025 at 3:40 PM
I am a trans ally. These attacks are vicious, cynical, and real.
I stand with Jimmy Kimmel and Stephen Colbert. And democracy. And a free, independent press. And the First Amendment. …
September 18, 2025 at 1:37 AM
I stand with Jimmy Kimmel and Stephen Colbert. And democracy. And a free, independent press. And the First Amendment. …
The great Dr. Jane Goodall at Lincoln Park Zoo today talking about so many interconnected issues she and her Jane Goodall institute sad her Roots & Shoots org work on around the world. Many youth (and us elders) hearing and being inspired by her today.
September 13, 2025 at 6:16 PM
The great Dr. Jane Goodall at Lincoln Park Zoo today talking about so many interconnected issues she and her Jane Goodall institute sad her Roots & Shoots org work on around the world. Many youth (and us elders) hearing and being inspired by her today.