Author: Nina
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The State of LGBT Retirement Communities
The Gilbert Guide is a comprehensive resource guide for quality long-term care facilities and services. The San Francisco Chronicle dubbed it the Zagat guide for long-term care so it’s fitting that they have something to say about gay and lesbian retirement communities. We have reprinted it here with their permission. Lesbian and Gay Retirement Communities…
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Ten Money Questions for Brian McNaught
Brian McNaught is the face of gay diversity training and his extraordinary efforts have helped countless queers working in corporate America. Brian is an author and international presenter on gay and transgender workplace issues. He recently produced a popular four-part DVD corporate educational program coming soon to an HR conference room near you. So grab…
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Social Security and the Transgender Community
“The Social Security program… represents our commitment as a society to the belief that workers should not live in dread that a disability, death, or old age could leave them or their families destitute.” — Jimmy Carter On Monday, I wrote a post about how gay and lesbian families are denied the same social security…
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Real Estate is a Real Asset
“Becoming wealthy is like playing Monopoly… the person who can accumulate the most assets wins the game.” — Noel Whittaker Last weekend, I interviewed Susan Wagner for the straight version of the Ten Money Questions series that I run over at BlogHer. As a contributing editor for Fashion & Shopping, she said something profound that…
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Atheism and the Eternity of Money
“I believe in God, only I spell it Nature.” — Frank Lloyd Wright At church on Sunday, an atheist stood up and talked about what our community (not the LGBT community but the Unitarian community) meant to him. They call this section of the service the pulpit editorial. I love a church that grants an…
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Social Security: Gays and Lesbians Denied Benefits
“Younger people can feel confident that Social Security will still be around when they need it to cushion their retirement.” — Ronald Reagan, 1982 Around this time of year, I receive my Social Security Statement and typically, I just scan the estimated benefit and toss it in the file with my tax records. This weekend…
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Ten Money Questions for Jay Sennett
Besides publishing cartoons, Jay Sennett is the founder and publisher of Homofactus Press, a global digital micropress. On JaySennett.com he writes, “By far the craziest thing I have done in my life is creating and publishing these cartoons. I can’t draw. In real time I don’t think I’m funny. But as long-post, uber theoretical blogger,…
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Asset Allocation: A Key to Portfolio Success
Maggie Jennings with New England Financial in New York has been a supporter since Queercents launched almost a year ago. I asked her to write a few articles on investing. If you have questions, then please contact her at mjennings@ny.nef.com. These are her words… For many investors, investing typically begins with one stock or mutual…
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WWYD: Paying Children for Good Grades
“Success is the child of drudgery and perseverance. It cannot be coaxed or bribed; pay the price and it is yours.” — Orison Swett Marden In this week’s What Would You Do series, we ponder if pay for performance is a child appropriate reward system. The question was brought to light when Dana Rudolph at…
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When Fame Doesn’t Equal Fortune: Remember to Buy Insurance
“Hope is a good breakfast, but it is a bad supper.” — Francis Bacon Does the name Andy Bussell ring a bell? He was the college student experiencing his 15 minutes of fame when six weeks ago the Los Angeles Times reported that he was living in his truck to save money and pay off…
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