Buy a one-of-a-kind piece of history and support the Windy City Times.

Minted by co-founder Tracy Baim, this NFT of the historic first cover of the Windy City Times represents an important milestone in Chicago's gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender and queer community. Since 1985, the Windy City Times has archived more than 200,000 news and feature articles, videos, photos, a weekly e-blast and other previous products including Nightspots, a biweekly, four-color, glossy entertainment guide; BLACKLines, En La Vida, OUT! Guide and more.

The auction winner for this one-of-a-kind NFT will also receive a copy of the book "Windy City Times at 35". This 393-page full-color book will be available in June and will include covers from Windy City Times and related LGBTQ newspapers in Chicago throughout these historic 35 years. The book will also be signed by co-founder Tracy Baim. This book has a retail value of $49 and will be available in June of 2021.

All the proceeds of this auction will go to support the great work done by the Windy City Times.