Giveaway Alert: See below for your chance to win an iTunes gift card (value: $50)

Queercents is launching its Professional Directory (note the links and details – above left hand corner of this page). The Professional Directory is a place to browse for LGBT and LGBT-friendly professionals. We all know from our day-to-day experiences and those shared at Queercents that the issues faced by LGBT people take on a unique spin. This is why it is often important to work with professionals who know how to deal with the financial issues of our lives.

What sets the Queercents Professional Directory apart from other listings on the Internet is the ability to view an extended profile and get to know the person through their articles and blog posts published on the Directory site. Click on the sample profile here to see for yourself.

We need beta testers – so we’re enlisting the help of our readers. If you know professionals in your personal network, please ask them to join the Directory (e.g. financial advisors, accountants, attorneys, real estate agents, mortgage brokers, insurance agents, professional coaches, etc). They can sign up here.

After they complete the registration process, they just need to email: nina [at] queercents [dot] com with their user name and we’ll override the fee (do not pay via the Paypal prompt. Repeat: do not pay via the Paypal prompt). Their listing will then go live after they upload their profile and then they can start blogging on the Directory site. Going forward, we’ll highlight a Directory member listing on the Queercents home page once a week.

Here’s where we need your help and you get the chance to win the iTunes gift card. See the ‘œemail this’ icon under the Share and Enjoy area below. We would be deeply appreciative if you could forward this email to a couple of LGBT or LGBT-friendly professionals in your network that might benefit from this free offer: good through the end of the month (April 30, 2009) and a $150 value, so please spread the word.

On May 1, 2009, I’ll draw a new member name at random and give them a $50 iTunes gift card. The Queercents reader that referred them to the Professional Directory will also receive a $50 iTunes gift card.

And as usual, we welcome your comments below about how the Professional Directory can be improved and become more useful to you.