Queer Money®: How Gay People Do Money

Talking about money with your partner is tough enough. Now, imagine having that conversation on national television!

Hannah & Juliette are a lesbian couple from Philadelphia who appear on Opportunity Knock$, a PBS show where money coaches Jean Chatzky, Patrice Washington and Louis Barajas help families overcome their financial challenges and build better lives.

On this episode of Queer Money®, Hannah & Juliette join us to share their experience on Opportunity Knock$ and explain what they learned from working with a money coach.

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The queer community has a lot to be concerned with, not least of which is our money. Find out the major stress of LGBTQ people on today’s Queer Money.

On this bonus episode, we're breaking down and providing some solutions to one of the biggest stressors for folks in the LGBTQ+ community. 

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Dr. Billy Hensley is President and CEO of NEFE, a nonprofit committed to advancing effective financial education and promoting financial well-being.

On this episode of Queer Money®, Dr. Hensley joins us to discuss NEFE’s 2022 LGBTQIA+ Experiences with Financial Education and Services Survey and share some of his key takeaways from the study.

Dr. Hensley offers insight on what financial services can do to better serve the queer community, explaining why it’s crucial to tell the story of the LGBTQ+ money experience and how to make financial education more accessible and inclusive.

Listen in to understand the value of a good financial education and learn how the queer community can use the NEFE data to advocate for ourselves!

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There are some things you want to get right. That’s why we’re answering a common question today, “how should my partner and I split our finances?

It's a common question we get and there's data from the Motley Fool/Debt Free Guys LGBTQ+ Money study that highlights what we are doing as a community. 

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Yes, the holidays are a wonderful time of year, bringing people together to celebrate and reflect.

But they can also be a challenging time in our financial lives, tempting us to spend money unconsciously.

So, what can you do to maintain your financial well-being in this season of spending?

On this episode of Queer Money, Jen DeLoyd, Head of Checking and Consumer Insights at Capital One, joins us to discuss what it means to spend responsibly and describe how spending habits impact financial well-being.

Jen explains the staggering disconnect between how we prefer to spend and the choices we’re actually making, challenging us to reflect on our spending habits during the holidays this year.

Listen in for Jen’s insight on leveraging the holidays to teach your kids about money and learn about the tools Capital One offers to help you spend responsibly this holiday season!

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The Motley Fool/Debt Free Guys LGBTQ+ Money Study definitely brought to light things that queer folks are doing well and need to improve on.

We've been surprised at how the 702 transgender respondents to the survey are doing. 

On this Queer Money bonus episode, we're sharing 5 things that the study shows transgender folks are doing well and that the rest of us can learn from. 

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When we want to make a change in our lives, whether it's a financial goal or a personal one, we often get scared as to what other people are going to think.

We’re nervous about what our friends and family might say. And we worry that sharing might disrupt the relationship we have with those people.

But there are ways to beak the news of your money goals to the people you care about without losing those relationships!

On this episode of Queer Money®, we share the 9 steps we took to share our financial goals with friends and family, explaining how we decided who to tell and why it helps to prepare your message in advance.

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Feeling financial anxiety about the holiday season and next year? We get it. We feel the same way from too sometimes. 

So, today we're sharing one of our favorite tips to manage the holidays and plan for 2023.

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Finance for folks in the service industry’s unique and no one’s talking about it, until now. On this Queer Money we chat with Barbara Sloan of Tipped Finance about how to invest as a service industry professional.

Barbara shares her story and experience working a variety of jobs in the service industry, earning most of her income from tips, in jobs like bartender, wait staff, stripper, and more and how she was able to live and create financial independence doing it.

Barbara takes a unique point of view in her book; Tipped: The life-changing guide to financial freedom for waitresses, bartenders, strippers, and all other service industry professionals. She shares some of that with us on the podcast. 

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We have much more progress to make, but the recent news about transgender wages is inspiring.

It may not feel like it, but not all financial stats about the queer community are negative. In fact, several data points in The Motley Fool/Debt Free Guys LGBTQ+ Money Study are quite positive, including data on the average income of transgender Americans.

On this week's bonus show we share that stat as well as some reasons why this may be happening and how the rest of the community can learn from it. 

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