Ask the Readers: If you pay for dinner, should you get sex?
Planet Out has a rather fun writeup on common gay dating myths. My favorite is here: 2. If you pay for dinner, you should get sex. Unless you are dating…
Happy New Year: Queerfiction giveaway from Queercents
A Happy New Year to all the supporters of Queercents! We'll be back tomorrow with our regular scheduled programming. In the meantime, Kensington Books provided us with four titles from…
Are Weight Loss Programs Worth the Money?
It's officially a New Year, and many of us are setting goals for ourselves. Aside from the financial goals I've set (save more, cut my food costs, plan my wedding…
Playing to Win: The Importance of Perspective
From the time I was a small child I've had what my mother has always considered to be uncanny luck. On a trip to visit my grandparents at the shore,…
Binding Methods: an expensive process for trans folks and butch women
For many trans folks and butch women, binding is an every day process, one that can be expensive and sometimes painful. Many folks start out binding and later have…
Stretch Your Food Dollar: How Do I Set a Food Budget?
For the past 6 months, we've been talking about different ways to stretch your food dollar. But I have been remiss at actually sharing any tips about how to set…
Queercents introduces Tamara Boynton and Dwayne Briscoe
We're doing our best these days to cover a wider range of topics at Queercents. Two new writers have joined our fold'¦ one to address the 'œpersonal' part of personal…
My Financial Implosion: Bad Relationships
'œI chose my wife, as she did her wedding gown, for qualities that would wear well.' '“ Oliver Goldsmith Hindsight is always 20/20, and as I think back over my…
Student Budgets: Post-Holiday tips to carry you into the New Year
The holiday season is starting to wind down, and for those with a little festive spirit left in us, New Year's Eve is creeping up. As we all take…
The Freelance Mindset – Not Just for Freelancers in this Business Climate
A few months ago I received a review copy of "My So-Called Freelance Life" by Michelle Goodman. Because of all I have going on it took me a while…