Tracy Baim getting ready for the Pride Parade in 1987, with bundles of Outlines newspaper.
Tracy Baim getting ready for the Pride Parade in 1987, with bundles of Outlines newspaper.
Tracy Baim interviewing Mayor Harold Washington for the Sept. 4, 1986, Windy City Times.Photo by William Burks
Tracy Baim interviewing Mayor Harold Washington for the Sept. 4, 1986, Windy City Times.Photo by William Burks
The 1984 Chicago Pride Parade, as covered for GayLife newspaper.Photo by Tracy Baim
The 1984 Chicago Pride Parade, as covered for GayLife newspaper.Photo by Tracy Baim
Windy City Times, Sept. 4, 1986, issue.
Windy City Times, Sept. 4, 1986, issue.
The first issue of Outlines, June 4, 1987.
The first issue of Outlines, June 4, 1987.
The first issue of BLACKlines, February 1996. Cover drawing by Otis Richardson.
The first issue of BLACKlines, February 1996. Cover drawing by Otis Richardson.
En La Vida, founded July 1986.
En La Vida, founded July 1986.
The first issue of Nightlines, March 28, 1990.
The first issue of Nightlines, March 28, 1990.
Nan Schaffer invested in Outlines' founding in 1987. Karen Dixon and Schaffer are pictured here at their 2008 wedding at the Drake Hotel. In 1985, when WCT was founded, marriage was a far-off dream for most in the LGBT community.Photo by Joel Schachtel
Nan Schaffer invested in Outlines' founding in 1987. Karen Dixon and Schaffer are pictured here at their 2008 wedding at the Drake Hotel. In 1985, when WCT was founded, marriage was a far-off dream for most in the LGBT community.Photo by Joel Schachtel
Photo of Ron Cayot, who was shot in an anti-gay hate crime after leaving a gay bar on Halsted March 31, 1993, and lost his ability to speak normally. He lived on to be an anti-violence advocate, before dying of AIDS complications in 1996 at age 42. He was one among thousands of people lost to AIDS complications in Chicago.Photo by Tracy Baim
Photo of Ron Cayot, who was shot in an anti-gay hate crime after leaving a gay bar on Halsted March 31, 1993, and lost his ability to speak normally. He lived on to be an anti-violence advocate, before dying of AIDS complications in 1996 at age 42. He was one among thousands of people lost to AIDS complications in Chicago.Photo by Tracy Baim