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Author: Nina

  • Ten Money Questions for Jai Rodriguez

    Jai Rodriguez is best known for his role as the ‘œCulture Vulture‘ on Bravo’s hit show Queer Eye for the Straight Guy. Now in its fifth and final season, we bid a heartfelt goodbye to the Fab Five and learn here what’s in store for Jai. Read on as Jai gets upclose and personal with…

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  • WWYD: Run through your money or plan a respectful death

    ‘œThis is what I’ve planned all along,’ ‘“ Jack Kevorkian When I interviewed Susie Bright, the well-known author and sexpert for our Ten Money Questions series, she opened up about retirement and indicated that health care (even at her playful age) is a crippling expense. She writes, ‘œI don’t want to live long unless my…

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  • How I Got My Brand-New Grown Up Furniture for Under $1K

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    A.J. is a college grad who moved to a suburb of Washington, D.C. for his first real job. He loves writing, learning about personal finance, deal hunting, and sharing what he’s learned with others. A.J. publishes a blog called The Guppie Life for other gay, young urban professionals. ‘œGuppie = gay yuppie. Get it? Clever,’…

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  • Come See the Softer Side of Money

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    At Ramit Sethi’s popular I Will Teach You To Be Rich blog, I provided a guest post on Friday about How Men’s and Women’s Magazines Write about Money. Here is the opening: *** Investment advice comes in all shapes and sizes. Grab a few back issues of Esquire and a quick scan of its ‘œinvesting’…

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  • Ten Money Questions for Richard Oceguera

    Richard Oceguera is a seasoned e-commerce professional and the founder of KOR Strategy Group. He’s also the muscle behind the LGBT-to-B business committee at the Manhattan Chamber of Commerce. Don’t let the bow tie fool you’¦ he knows how to roll up his sleeves and create change as noted through his contributions with the G…

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  • Home Equity Line of Credit at Your Disposal

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    ‘œYou have to be as fully prepared for the dull game as you are for the great game, or else you won’t be prepared for the great one.’ ‘“ Red Barber Mrs. Micah, one of our ardent, straight supporters, asked me to share a piece of money advice that I think will help others. First,…

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  • HIV and Surviving Retirement

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    ‘œYou live and learn. At any rate, you live.’ ‘“ Douglas Adams On Sunday, Ann Marsh at the Los Angeles Times profiled a gay man in the Money Makeover column entitled: AIDS survivor now needs a retirement plan. She writes, ‘œMichael Sausser, 45, never planned for retirement. Doctors diagnosed him with AIDS almost 20 years…

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  • Blog Action Day: Stop Using Plastic Bags

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    ‘œUse it up, wear it out, make it do, or do without.’ ‘“ New England proverb About a year ago, I wrote a post called Making Peace with Plastic Grocery Bags and some suggested I should quit using altogether instead of just focusing on ‘œrecycling’ plastic bags. One reader wrote, ‘œPlastic is just bad news…

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  • Ten Money Questions for Lisa Sherman

    Lisa Sherman is the Senior Vice President and General Manager for Logo. Logo is the network for LGBT viewers launched by MTV Networks. The network provides a mix of original and acquired entertainment programming that is authentic, smart, inclusive and open-minded. I asked her to get personal about money, work and all things financial. Enjoy!…

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  • Sleeping With Money: Coming Out of the Closet

    Since today is National Coming Out Day, here’s my coming out story blended with this week’s Sleeping With Money series. I was twenty-eight at the time and already out of the closet at work and with friends. The year was 1995 and I was in love with Partner #1. We were going to be together…

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