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Queercents Weekly Roundup: Happy New Year!
Welcome to the weekend readers! I hope everyone had a wonderful New Year’s celebration full of fun times and fun people. I spent my evening making delicious food and playing boardgames. And now, the first roundup of 2009. Though the days are starting to get longer, the battle against ice and snow is just beginning.…
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Debt Happens: living beyond your means and unexpected expenses
Everyone has their own money story. The basic principle of personal finance is that it’s, well, personal. What works for one person doesn’t always work for another. The most important thing to remember is that you have to do what works for you, in your life. Which means that everyone who wants to get out…
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News Bites: Worker, Retiree and Employer Recovery Act of 2008 and what it means to same-sex partners
Thanks to Mombian for pointing out that Bush signed a gay rights bill: Call it a Christmas present for gay and lesbian couples. President Bush signed the Worker, Retiree and Employer Recovery Act of 2008 (WRERA) two days before Christmas. The new law makes it mandatory for businesses to roll over retirement benefits to a…
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Ask the Readers: If you pay for dinner, should you get sex?
Planet Out has a rather fun writeup on common gay dating myths. My favorite is here: 2. If you pay for dinner, you should get sex. Unless you are dating an escort, sex does not come with the meal. A date is an opportunity to get to know each other and see if there is…
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Happy New Year: Queerfiction giveaway from Queercents
A Happy New Year to all the supporters of Queercents! We’ll be back tomorrow with our regular scheduled programming. In the meantime, Kensington Books provided us with four titles from its Gay and Lesbian section to giveaway to our readers and contributors. Each book is a gay-themed work of fiction and has absolutely nothing to…
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Are Weight Loss Programs Worth the Money?
It’s officially a New Year, and many of us are setting goals for ourselves. Aside from the financial goals I’ve set (save more, cut my food costs, plan my wedding on a tight budget), I’m also setting a goal of losing 30 pounds. Since weight loss is a common goal for people around the New…
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Playing to Win: The Importance of Perspective
From the time I was a small child I’ve had what my mother has always considered to be uncanny luck. On a trip to visit my grandparents at the shore, in the surf I found a can of still good beer for my father and one for my grandfather. While playing in a river, I…
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Binding Methods: an expensive process for trans folks and butch women
For many trans folks and butch women, binding is an every day process, one that can be expensive and sometimes painful. Many folks start out binding and later have chest surgery, while others may bind for their entire lives or just for one evening. Any way you go about it, though, binders are…
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Stretch Your Food Dollar: How Do I Set a Food Budget?
For the past 6 months, we’ve been talking about different ways to stretch your food dollar. But I have been remiss at actually sharing any tips about how to set a realistic food budget in the first place. With the New Year right around the corner, many of us are reevaluating our finances and setting…
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Queercents introduces Tamara Boynton and Dwayne Briscoe
We’re doing our best these days to cover a wider range of topics at Queercents. Two new writers have joined our fold’¦ one to address the ‘œpersonal’ part of personal finance and another writing for readers running small businesses. Please welcome them aboard as they kick off these series in the New Year. Dating on…
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