Tracy Baim Publisher of Windy City Media Group, the local gay media conglomeration that includes Windy City Times, Nightspots, Identity, and Windy City Queercast, Baim is also co-vice chair of the Chicago Gay Games.
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Rick Garcia Ever since his days as one of the “Gang of Four” activists, who worked tirelessly to pass the Chicago Human Rights Ordinance in 1988, Garcia has had one of the most visible GLBTQ faces in town, whether in his role as director of public policy for Equality Illinois or as the lone man weaving through the crowd with a giant rainbow flag at last spring’s immense immigration rights march.
Michelle Fire Somewhere between mom and Mae West, the proprietor of the bar Big Chicks and its neighboring restaurant, Tweet, has achieved icon status, thanks partly to her free Sunday buffets but no less for her flashes from the Big Chicks float in the annual Pride Parade.
