Queer Money

[handiacefailure]

Found out about this podcast a few weeks ago.   A gay couple does a biweekly podcast    They talk about money matters and how it applies to the LGBTQ community and they are pretty funny.   

 

 

[+ FrankR]

47 minutes ago, handiacefailure said:

Found out about this podcast a few weeks ago.   A gay couple does a biweekly podcast    They talk about money matters and how it applies to the LGBTQ community and they are pretty funny.   

 

 

Please clarify…are they pretty or are they funny? Hard to believe they are both! 😉

[+ Vegas_Millennial]

3 hours ago, handiacefailure said:

Found out about this podcast a few weeks ago.   A gay couple does a biweekly podcast    They talk about money matters and how it applies to the LGBTQ community and they are pretty funny.   

 

 

The subject manager alone sounds hilarious 😆 

[+ Vegas_Millennial]

[+ Vegas_Millennial]

Gay Men, particularly married Gay Men, have higher income than heterosexual couples.  However, lesbian and transgender people and couples have less income.  So "queer" money is a queer story indeed, as it's two different tales for Gays vs the other queers.

 

[+ sniper]

On 7/12/2025 at 4:20 PM, Vegas_Millennial said:

Gay Men, particularly married Gay Men, have higher income than heterosexual couples.  However, lesbian and transgender people and couples have less income.  So "queer" money is a queer story indeed, as it's two different tales for Gays vs the other queers.

 

There's a selection bias in stats on coupled gay men's finances in that part of the reason they are "out" and in the data is they can afford to be, while straight data includes everyone.  I definitely delayed coming out until I felt financially secure that even if I lost my job over it I would find another one etc. And I know a lot of single gay fiscal trainwrecks.

[KeepItReal]

29 minutes ago, sniper said:

 And I know a lot of single gay fiscal trainwrecks.

Or as I like to call them: my regular hires! 

[Luv2play]

These days there are more professional lesbian couples who have reached retirement age and are in the >150K$ income bracket. My sister is one of them. But they don’t participate in the gay community. They live in a college town and lead a quiet life. 
They have younger neighbours who are in similar circumstances eg. 2 doctors pulling in >500k$ annually. Times have changed since the 70’s when I was young. Most lesbians I knew then were poor.