The Windy City Times is the premier newspaper for the LGBT community in the City of Chicago and Greater Chicagoland in Illinois. Established in 1985 to serve residents of the Boystown subdivision of the Lakeview neighborhood, the publication grew and today offers both print and online editions. The Windy City Media Group, which owns the Windy City Times, also produces the monthly newspaper Identity, the weekly magazine "Nightspots," and the weekly talk show Windy City Radio on WCKG. LGBT (or GLBT) is an initialism used as a collective term to refer to Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender people. ... Chicago, colloquially known as the Second City and the Windy City, is the third-largest city in population in the United States and the largest inland city in the country. ... The Chicagoland region is colored red. ... State nickname: Land of Lincoln, The Prairie State Other U.S. States Capital Springfield Largest city Chicago Governor Rod Blagojevich (D) Official languages American English (as oppossed to Englands English) Area 149,998 km² (25th)  - Land 143,968 km²  - Water 6,030 km² (4. ... 1985 is a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Several things are commonly known as Boys Town, Boys Town, Boys Town, or Boystown: Places Boys Town, Nebraska — a suburb of Omaha, Nebraska and the headquarters of the Boys Town organization Boys Town, Nuevo Laredo — a district in Nuevo Laredo, Mexico, notorious for its prostitution and also known... Lakeview (properly and historically spelled as Lake View) is a neighborhood on the North Side of Chicago, Illinois, USA. It is located along the shores of Lake Michigan and runs approximately from Diversey Parkway on the south to Irving Park Road on the north and from Lake Michigan on the...

The managing editor and publisher of Windy City Times is currently Tracy Baim, who bought Windy City Times in 2000 and merged her weekly "Outlines" into it. She has been a part of Windy City Times since 1984.