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Suze Orman, Lesbian, Taught Me Everything I Know
Long before I knew Suze Orman came out as a proud lesbian, she was my first financial teacher. Way back in 2001, her book The Road To Wealth was my introduction to the basics of personal finance. How appropriate that a “family” member should play the role of mentor at just the right time in…
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Secured Cards Create Credit
If you’re a college student like me, you know that getting your first credit card is like taking a step into the adult world; if you’re just coming out of a bankruptcy, you know all too well how difficult it can be to re-establish your credit. For those who are new to or re-entering the…
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Bereavement Fares – What About GLBT Families?
Imagine this – you’ve got a family emergency and you and your partner need to travel by air and in a hurry. So, you shuffle on over to the bereavement policies only to find you don’t qualify (or shall I say, you don’t count since that would be more to the point). Just the news…
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GayRealEstate.com – Part 2
GayRealEstate.com is the largest company in the nation representing the rights of queer home buyers and sellers. Queercents asked Jeff Hammerberg, the founder of GayRealEstate.com to write a series of articles for the gay and lesbian community. Here is Part 2: Exclusive Buyer’s Agents/Brokers: Who they are & why you might use one. Real estate…
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Queercents introduces Erin Allard
“Age considers; youth ventures.” – Rabindranath Tagore Erin Allard is the newest member of the Queercents team to join as contributing writer. Erin is an 18-year-old college student working towards a double major in English and women’s studies. She’s a feminist, aspiring entrepreneur and brings a fresh perspective on money currently not covered in our…
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Do Gay Men Make the Best Bosses?
Details Magazine has an interesting article on their blog, “Why Gay Men Make The Best Bosses” by Danielle Sacks. Rather than go into the usual stereotypes and supposition, Ms. Sacks actually interviews a number of employees with gay bosses, and gay executives themselves, and also cites significant research. According to the article, one young straight…
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Money Mondays: Organizing And Gathering Your Tax Documents
Welcome to the third installment of Money Mondays. For those of you joining our series, we’ve covered should you hire a tax pro & choosing a tax professional. Today’s article focuses on getting organized and gathering your tax documents. ORGANIZING Organization is the key to easy and efficient tax preparation. It would be awful to…
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I Had No Idea Suze Orman Is a Lesbian
Suze Orman is a lesbian. I’m not sure how Nina called it over a year ago. Suze just seemed like a New Yorker to me. But I even got that wrong. It turns out Suze is from Chicago. Anyway, I’m proud of homegirl for coming out to the New York Times rather nonchalantly. Though, I…
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Suze Orman – Financial Hero to Many Comes Out as a Lesbian
Just in case you haven’t heard the news, the biggest name in finances, Suze Orman, came out as a lesbian in Sunday’s New York Times. I don’t know about you but I have always loved her straightforward style and I learned much of my financial savvy from her bestselling books. As the savvy readers of…
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Suze Orman: for the Young, Fabulous and Gay!
“Gay liberation? I ain’t against it… it’s just that there’s nothing in it for me.” — Bette Davis Over a year ago I wrote a post about how I loved hearing the “born-agains” go on and on about following the advice of Suze Orman. Those of us with gaydar have known for years that she…
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