WWYD: Forgo the Opportunity or Call in Sick?
For anyone who has ever worked in an office this question has come up at least once in his or her life. With the paltry vacation time most companies offer…
Almost Debt Free: Confronting and Understanding the Purpose of Net Worth
"Homer: He might have all the money in the world, but there's one thing he can't buy. Marge: What's that? Homer: A dinosaur." -The Simpsons I've always found the topic…
A Match Made in Heaven
All too often I talk with clients who have the opportunity to participate in their company-sponsored 401(k) and simply don't. "Even when there's a match?" I ask. "I can't afford…
Create Your Own Financial Team
You don't have to be rich to create your own financial team. In fact, doing so is a relatively inexpensive, yet distinct way to becoming rich. In many of the…
Corporate America Loves Queers!?
In my chosen hometown of Seattle, last year's Pride was different. It was downtown instead of in the hip queer-ish Capital Hill neighborhood. It was bigger, it was longer and…
Countering the Financial Burden Shift
Maggie Jennings is a registered representative with New England Financial in New York and has been a supporter of Queercents since our launch over a year ago. She writes articles…
Lesbian Couple vs. Countrywide Home Loans
Oh how mainstream media fails us. Here's a story that you probably haven't heard. A lesbian couple in New York who filed a federal law suit against Countrywide Home Loans.…
The F word
To some saying the F word just causes them to tense up and get defensive, to others it is a welcome word because they have found someone who thinks like…
Brazen Careerist Lesson #3: Thirty is the new twenty
"The best career advice to give to the young is to find out what you like doing best and get someone to pay you for doing it." -- Katherine Whitehorn…
Feministing.com interview
Queercents received a nice nod from yesterday when Celina De Leon posted my interview. The writing staff, led by the lively Jessica Valenti, is *the* place in the blogosphere for…