Category: Transgender Finances
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Weapon of Mass Destruction II: This isn’t about money
“‘¦But when a long Train of abuses and usurpations, pursuing invariably the same Object evinces a design to reduce them under absolute Despotism, it is their right, it is their duty, to throw off such Government, and to provide new Guards for their future security’¦” Thomas Jefferson wrote that. It’s the fifth sentence in the…
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On Money and Power: A Different View
‘œOptimism is the faith that leads to achievement. Nothing can be done without hope and confidence.’ ‘“ Helen Keller As a queer-identified person with a transgender wife, there is absolutely no question that we have sometimes felt the sting of discrimination. There have been times when we’ve been rejected by family members, or by people…
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The cost of testosterone therapy for trans guys
This is my last post here on Queercents and I just wanted to thank you all for a great time. I hope that my posts have been helpful both for trans folks who are thinking of the steps they’ll take in their transition and other LGBQI folks who want to learn more about the…
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Weapon of Mass Destruction: Money is Power
It seems to me that we Transgendered, as a group, are not overly prosperous. Oh, I know that some of us are, but they seem to be the exceptions. Recently I was thinking about the financial situations of various Transgendered friends and acquaintances of mine. Roberta works as a night shift baker’s assistant in…
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Coverage Denied: health insurance, gender and financial discrimination
About a year and a half ago I unexpectedly lost my health insurance coverage. As you may have read in my posts about transitioning on the job, the client I was working with when I transitioned initially told me they could accept the revelation that I was a transitioning Transsexual. Then after two months…
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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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The Price of Redemption: A Gift to Self
Redemption came to me on the evening of Monday, November 7th, 2005 between the hours of 6:30 and 7:30. It was a long time in coming, 47 years. As I sat, waiting to meet the woman who would become my therapist, I thought about all that had happened during those years; all that had…
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TransNation Interview with Ashley Wilson
Our very own Ashley Wilson was recently interviewed by Jacob Anderson-Minshall of TransNation. We’ve reprinted the interview here: ‘œUnfortunately, transgender people end up at the very bottom of the financial totem pole, simply because we are who we are,’ contends Queercents’ new financial consultant, Ashley A. Wilson. ‘œWe get discriminated against employment wise, we get…
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5 Documents Needed to Change Your Name
Ashley recently discussed the implications of name changes on the job. She brought up some of the most crucial issues for transfolks who haven’t (or don’t want to) legally changed their name. I really wanted to explore this further, particularly after one of my favorite personal finance blogs (Don’t Mess with Taxes) recommended this post…
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How are you going to pay for surgery?
How many transgendered persons are there in this country? I don’t remember ever seeing any real research on that. I keep reading and being told that there aren’t very many of us at all. I keep reading and being told that Gender Identity Dysphoria is a rare and exotic condition. What I…
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