Matt Baume

{{Short description|American YouTuber}}

{{Infobox YouTube personality

| name = Matt Baume

| image = Matt Baume 02.jpg

| caption = Baume in 2023 presenting about his book: Hi Honey, I'm Homo!

| channel_handle = @mattbaume

| channel_display_name = Matt Baume

| years_active = 2015–present

| subscribers = 329 thousand

| views = 39 million

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| stats_update = December 4, 2024

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Matt Baume is an American YouTuber, podcaster,{{cite news |last1=Hernandez |first1=Rolando |date=20 June 2023 |title=REBROADCAST: New book by Seattle author explores queer characters and their storylines in sitcoms |url=https://www.opb.org/article/2023/06/09/new-book-by-seattle-author-explores-queer-characters-and-their-storylines-in-sitcoms/ |access-date=21 March 2024 |work=Oregon Public Broadcasting |language=en |archive-date=21 March 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240321201152/https://www.opb.org/article/2023/06/09/new-book-by-seattle-author-explores-queer-characters-and-their-storylines-in-sitcoms/ |url-status=live }} and author who produces documentary-style videos on YouTube regarding media portrayal of LGBT people in his series "Matt Baume's Culture Cruise".{{cite news |last1=Guerrero |first1=Desirée |title=When TV Came Out |url=https://www.everand.com/article/650187055/When-Tv-Came-Out |work=The Advocate |issue=1127 |date=May–June 2023 |pages=58–59 |access-date=2024-03-19 |archive-date=2024-03-19 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240319203903/https://www.everand.com/article/650187055/When-Tv-Came-Out |url-status=live }}{{cite news |last1=Lyons |first1=Margaret |title=How Much Watching Time Do You Have This Weekend? |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/17/arts/television/best-weekend-tv.html |access-date=23 March 2024 |work=The New York Times |date=17 January 2019 |archive-date=22 December 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231222100523/https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/17/arts/television/best-weekend-tv.html |url-status=live }}{{cite news |last1=Wong |first1=Curtis M. |title=Before Hairspray, Harvey Fierstein Appeared On Cheers And It Was A TV Milestone |url=https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/culture-cruise-matt-baume-harvey-fierstein_n_5e604363c5b62d548c9cdee2 |access-date=23 March 2024 |work=HuffPost |date=9 March 2020 |language=en |archive-date=5 May 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240505233233/https://www.huffpost.com/entry/culture-cruise-matt-baume-harvey-fierstein_n_5e604363c5b62d548c9cdee2 |url-status=live }}

Baume is the author of Hi Honey, I'm Homo!: Sitcoms, Specials and the Queering of American Culture,{{cite news |last=Limbong |first=Andrew |date=20 November 2023 |title=NPR's Books We Love 2023 launches today |url=https://www.npr.org/2023/11/20/1214279730/nprs-books-we-love-2023-launches-today |access-date=19 March 2024 |work=NPR |archive-date=18 March 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240318183339/https://www.npr.org/2023/11/20/1214279730/nprs-books-we-love-2023-launches-today |url-status=live }}{{cite news |last1=Piepenburg |first1=Erik |title=At Mrs. Roper Romps, the Caftan Is Queen |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/22/arts/television/mrs-roper-romp-threes-company.html |access-date=19 March 2024 |work=The New York Times |date=22 August 2023 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20230822213358/https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/22/arts/television/mrs-roper-romp-threes-company.html |archive-date=22 August 2023}} which won the 2024 Lambda Literary Award for LGBTQ+ Nonfiction{{cite web |date=2024-06-11 |title=2024 Winners |url=https://lambdaliterary.org/awards/2024-winners/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240405165014/https://www.them.us/story/lambda-literary-awards-2024-shortlist-announcement |archive-date=2024-04-05 |access-date=2024-04-05 |work=them.}} and was one of the Stonewall Book Award Israel Fishman Non-Fiction Award 2024 Honor Books.{{cite web |title=Stonewall Book Awards List |url=https://www.ala.org/rrt/award/stonewall/honored |access-date=3 July 2024}}