How Being LGBTQ+ Shapes Your Finances
Even with recent societal and legal changes that have granted more protections, LGBTQ+ people still face many unique financial (and non-financial) challenges. It’s a major reason why the team at Thinking Big is particularly passionate about helping clients manage their finances so that they can achieve their goals and live fulfilling, happy lives. It’s important […]
Generational Differences in the LGBTQ Community and their Impact on Finances
When it comes to finances, our relationship with money is shaped immensely by our upbringings and cultural backgrounds, including our particular generation. For LGBTQ people, historical events like the Stonewall Uprising and the AIDS crisis have impacted our outlook and approach to our finances. An LGBTQ person who has lived through the AIDS crisis or […]
How Marriage for Same-Sex Couples Impacts Their Financial Plan
Marriage for same-sex couples has recently come into the media spotlight after Justices Thomas and Alito attacked the 2015 landmark decision to legalize it—a reminder to all of us that this important freedom is still on shaky ground. But even so, recent updates in LGBTQ demographics show that in the past five years same-sex couples […]
Why I Decided to Work with an LGBTQ Specialty
Fifty years ago this month, we will celebrate the seminal event that brought the LGBT rights movement to the forefront: the Stonewall Riots. Even though the LGBT rights movement began decades before the riots, this event catapulted LGBT people into the national spotlight. It is because of these brave men and women that people like […]
Estate Planning for LGBT Couples
Let’s face it—planning for an eventual illness or death is an unpleasant topic that most couples avoid. But estate planning for LGBT couples is imperative because of one single reason: if you’re not married, you have no rights. Without legal documents, you can’t protect each other in illness, pass along your assets, or guarantee that […]
Same Sex Couples’ Rights: Four Things to Know
One of the unique things about being a part of the LGBT community is that same sex couples don’t follow any strict conventions. Families come in many forms: from marriage to domestic partnership and co-habitation. Some have kids, some don’t. No matter what form your family structure takes there are some important things for you […]