Author: Nina
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Ten Money Questions for Cathy Renna
Renna Communications provides communications strategies to organizations who are working to change the world for the better (and many of these happen to be LGBT advocacy groups). Cathy Renna is a managing partner along with Leah McElrath Renna, her partner in business and in life. Together, they juggle a busy schedule with a young child…
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Queercents introduces Rachel Gollay
Remember my call for writers about a week ago? Well, I learned something’¦ apparently; short term commitment is the clincher for queers. I had a handful of people write in with some really fantastic series ideas. First up is Rachel Gollay. She’s a full-time grad student (surviving on a small stipend!) and has offered to…
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Ten Money Questions for Alan Cumming
The many faces of Alan Cumming include film and Tony Award-winning stage credits. Of course, on television, he appeared in Sex and the City and The L Word. He also directs, produces, and writes films and plays. He has earned his living in a variety of creative ways and as we learn below, he has…
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Needs vs. Wants: Having money to throw around…
Recently, Lauren at Feministe, one of the oldest feminist blogs, mentioned us in her weekend roundup. She writes: SINCE I’M BROKE and the economy has been tanking I’ve been perusing a lot of economics blogs. One of my new favorites is Queer Cents, a blog that talks money management with a focus on and around…
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A Review of My So-Called Freelance Life by Michelle Goodman
‘œContrary to popular opinion, the hustle is not a new dance step ‘“ it’s an old business procedure.’ ‘“ Fran Lebowitz, The Observer, 1979 I love books published by Seal Press. Take a glance at just a few of their titles (e.g. Better Than I Ever Expected: Straight Talk about Sex after Sixty and Labor…
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Queercents seeking contributing writers
Queercents needs some fresh voices. Don’t worry; we’re not necessarily looking for a long term commitment. Consider the gig to be more like a summer fling or one-night stand. Why? Because we’re looking for writers to volunteer just long enough to pen a multi-part series of posts on topics that haven’t yet been covered at…
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5 Cheap Dates for the Thrifty Gay Man
Bronson Page is a screenwriter, art director, gay rodeo dude and keeper of LovesickBilly.com. Earlier this year, I interviewed Bronson and his husband, Sam for our Ten Money Questions series. They’re not only hunky Hollywood types (see Sam’s currency!), but thrifty too. These are his words’¦ If the economy has got you down, turn to…
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Illness or Injury: 4 Ways to Avoid Medical Bankruptcy
‘œIf the debtor be insolvent to serve creditors, let his body be cut in pieces on the third market day. It may be cut into more or fewer pieces with impunity. Or, if his creditors consent to it, let him be sold to foreigners beyond the Tiber.’ ‘“ Twelve Tables, Table III, 6 (ca. 450…
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Ten Money Questions for Kate Barnhart
MCCNY’s Homeless Youth Services provides emergency shelter to homeless LGBTQ youth in New York City. Kate Barnhart is the shelter director and works tirelessly by providing services such as food, clothing, mental health counseling, HIV prevention, and help with a variety of job and school needs. Many of us think of money in terms of…
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