Her journalism career began in the mid 1980s, and what has always kept her going are the people she met during that time-LGBTQ people fighting every day for their right to exist, and, for those who became victims of the AIDS epidemic, fighting to survive. In 2013, Baim founded the March on Springfield for Marriage Equality, and in 2014, she was inducted into the National Lesbian and Gay Journalists Association Hall of Fame.įor Baim, though, it’s never been about the awards or recognition. She’s written several books, and in 2005, she won the Studs Terkel Award, which honors Chicago journalists that offer new perspectives on social issues.
She has founded several Chicago-based LGBTQ publications as well as the Pride Action Tank, which works to improve safety, health, and progress in the LGBTQ+ community. Baim has proven time and again that she can in fact do a lot.