Queer Money®: How Gay People Do Money

We received an email from a Queer Money listener who asked us to share our thoughts on how to talk about money with your partner when it’s hard to talk about money with your partner.

On this Queer Money, we interview teenpreneur Eva Baker of TeensGotCents.com. Schools aren’t adequately teaching today’s students about money. Enter Eva Baker. Eva only recently lost her teenager-card, but is teaching teenagers and others too young to enter a bar about money. What started as a home-school project assigned by her mother, Eva has turned into a full-time job and a company with four employees.

One of the many reasons we love doing what we do is because we meet amazing people and businesses who are doing amazing things. It’s for this reason that we were excited to talk with Megan Lathrop, Capital One’s leading money coach. Capital One believes “that banking needs to be reimagined – not only to meet customers’ current needs – but to empower and encourage them with tools, services, and an environment that fits into their lives.”

Our FinCon friend, Sarah Li of High Fiving Dollar, is on a mad mission to appear on 100 podcasts in 2017 to talk about living the authentic life. When she told us, we said, “Come on Queer Money, gurl!” She obliged and helped us create one of our best podcasts about being yourself and living an authentic life. Living an authentic life is something with which many queer people struggle. So, don’t miss this show!

On today’s Queer Money, we sorta celebrate Valentine’s Day in a unique kinda way. We’re joined by Dr. Jennelle to talk about love and money and how if you’re in love you should talk about money to protect your family financially. Dr. Jennelle is a Ph.D. Psychologist and Relationship Advisor. She specializes in non-traditional relationships, specifically those who transition from straight marriages to same-sex marriages because, well, that’s what she did. It’s like how we talk to queer people about money because, well, that’s who we are.

“It’s not about being comfortable. It’s about the discomfort and finding your way through the discomfort,” says Emil Wilbekin, journalist, editor and multimedia guru. To call Emil Wilbekin a gay man today in these times is not the same as calling him a gay man in 1990s in the world of hip-hop. That’s thanks to Wilbekin’s courage and the courage of others like him. We invited Emil Wilbekin onto Queer Money to talk about how he worked up the courage and overcame the challenges of being an editor for hip-hop’s Vibe Magazine at a time and place when it wasn’t necessarily okay to be gay.

It’s been less than two weeks since Trumpocalypse descended upon our nation. If the last 13 days of Trumpocalypse are any sign of what the next 1,438 days will be, we’re in for a long four years. Though the queer community hasn’t felt the wrath of Trump, there’s great concern that we’re on the hit list. Whether we are or we aren’t, we must prepare to continue our fight for equality. On this Queer Money, we discuss between each other eight ways we can prepare for the possible and possibly probable Trumpocalypse on the queer community. Gay Money, Gay Rights, LGBT Finances.

This is the fourth and final week of our month-long Four Principles of a Debt Free Life Series! Throughout the month of January 2016, we covered each of the four principles we wrote about in 4: The Four Principles of a Debt Free Life. On this week’s Queer Money we discuss the fourth principle of a debt free life, have a financial plan. This week’s free tool is the #MoneyConscious Financial Planning Guide: 12 Steps to a Richer You. Get your free copy of #MoneyConscious Financial Planning Guide: 12 Steps to a Richer You here: http://debtfreeguys.com/2017/01/financial-plan/ ‎

This is week three of our month-long Four Principles of a Debt Free Life Series! Throughout the month of January 2016, we’ll cover each of the four principles we wrote about in 4: The Four Principles of a Debt Free Life. Today’s Queer Money covers the third principle of living a debt free life, cash is king. This week we’re promoting the Mvelopes, as a tool to help you master the cash is king principle. When we paid of $51,000 in credit card debt we used actual envelopes to manage our money from pay check to pay check. Mvelopes put a modern, technological twist on this tried and true strategy. Mvelopes is a Debt Free Guys’ affiliate. We make money when you use our affiliates. However, Mvelopes' basic package is free to you. Regardless of which package you chose, this link will take you to Mvelopes’ free Debt Analysis application that we know you need. From there you can choose Mvelopes’ Basic Plan (free to you), Premium without Coaching Plan or Premium with Coaching Plan. We only recommend companies, products and services we trust. Our affiliate relationships let us continue to serve our readers and listeners.

This is week two of our month-long Four Principles of a Debt Free Life Series! Throughout the month of January 2016, we’re covering each of the four principles we wrote about in 4: The Four Principles of a Debt Free Life. On today’s Queer Money, we’re discussing the second principle of living a debt free life, live below your means. Get the show notes here: http://debtfreeguys.com/2017/01/live-means/