Queer Money®: How Gay People Do Money

Your gay retirement dreams tomorrow depend on your LGBT financial experience today. Flash forward to Palm Springs CA 20 years into the future, and a once young, vivacious and muscly disco boy turned impressively in shape and well-groomed retiree. The air is hot, the sky blue, the boys tan, the drinks strong. Is this your life in retirement or the trip of a lifetime? Are you loving your golden years or getting a taste of what might have been?

We all love a good trick. Tricks give us the treats we need when we need it and then we can move onto the next trick. Today, we’re sharing 15 social media tricks to give more and get more. Hey, download the FREE Debt Free Guys’ 15 Social Media Dos & Don’ts Checklist!

Debt Free Guys readers and listeners tell us that their number two financial concern is retirement planning. Many listeners seek our help with retirement planning when they’re in their 40s and 50s, which is serious crunch time. Today’s Queer Money guest shares his path to early retirement that late retirement planners can use before it’s too late.

Comfort is the enemy of progress. You sometimes have to go outside your norm, maybe become a little uncomfortable, to achieve your goals. That’s why we came up with these 17 semi-hard and creative ways to keep your money to yourself.

We’re Getting What We Really Want and You Can, Too We’re riding a high off of a fantastic week, and we’re excited to share it all with you. We just returned from a week in Ohio where we had our own little, Debt Free Guys’ speaking tour. We’re not Madonna, but she’s not me. It’s been a goal of ours for a while to get into the speaking arena. For one, it’ll help us achieve the ultimate goal of what we really want, and that’s to spend more time together. For another, it’ll help us build a stronger, louder voice in LGBT finance. Find out how we got here.

Sure, you may have a lot of stuff, but is it stuff you even want? Are you happy with what you have or does the happiness dissipate as soon as you get something? Dr. Dimartini’s quote inspired today's Queer Money on purpose driven spending, and we’ll paraphrase, “Fill your life with the important things because, if you don’t, it’ll automatically be filled with the unimportant things.” If you’re feeling unfulfilled, it may be that your life is full of the unimportant things and purpose driven spending will get you what you want.

Our friends, Jonathan and Christopher have been going through the adoption process for the last two years. On this Queer Money, they share how they prepared for the adoption process, what the adoption process has been like, and what they would tell other queer people who want to start their own queer family through adoption.

You thought when you came out as queer to your friends and family you were done? Um, no! You’re about as finished as Meryl Streep’s career, which is to say you’re not even close to your final act, which is to say you’re about as done with shocking people like Madonna, which is to say . . . you get the diva-inspired point! On this week’s Queer Money, we talk about how and why you need to take a few more steps out of that closet.

Our good friend, Shannon, gave it to us good so we gave it right back to her. That’s a podcast interview, gurl with her mind in a gutter! Shannon McLay is the brainchild, owner, and master trainer at The Financial Gym. The Financial Gym is where you lose debt (weight) and gain financial independence (muscle). Over some bottles glasses of wine, Shannon gives us all the ins, outs, tips, and tricks that make hers the gym of choice for anyone needing cushion in their back pocket. To join The Financial Gym and get your money in shape with one-on-one help, click here and get started today. Tell Shannon the Debt Free Guys sent you. If you sign up by May 1, 2017, you’ll get 50% off the Kickstarter Package.

We’re following up on last week’s Queer Money on which a listener asked for advice on how to talk to his partner about his partner’s money troubles. We recommended completing our Hopes & Dreams and Financial Blockers exercises. This week’s exercise gives us the opportunity to uncover what we’re willing to do to attract more money into our lives. Get the download here: http://debtfreeguys.com/2017/03/attract-more-money/