Five Important Takeaways from the Supreme Court’s Decision to Deny Review of the Pending Same-Sex Marriage Cases

Happy Tuesday! Huge news out of D.C. yesterday. The Supreme Court announced that it would not hear any of the cases in which the federal appeals courts upheld same-sex constitutional…

Your Same-Sex Marriage Cheat Sheet: Five Fundamental Rules Same-Sex Couples Need to Know About Getting Married

LGBTQ Finance | 09.08

Happy Monday! I hope you had a nice weekend. As promised, I want to provide a cheat sheet that summarizes the legal and financial rights for newly married same-sex couples.…

The Overlooked Impact of the Recent Appellate Rulings in favor of Same-Sex Marriage

LGBTQ Finance | 07.30

Great news out of Virginia on Monday! A panel for the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals upheld a district court’s determination that Virginia’s ban on same sex marriage is…

Surprising Questions I’ve Asked Myself During Wedding Planning

Fundamentals | 01.17

Since I’ve been on a gay marriage kick this week, Ben thought it would be a good idea to write about our wedding planning. I was a little hesitant because…

OK!!!

LGBTQ Finance | 01.15

Have you ever had a feeling that something big was about to happen? Not a well-defined sense of the occurrence. Not even something you can really verbalize. But something that…

More Need-to-Know Highlights on the Same-Sex Marriage Fight in Utah

LGBTQ Finance | 01.13

One of the biggest stories in gay marriage at the end of 2013 has hung on to become the biggest story at the start of 2014. You may remember, right…

Christmas Comes Early: Federal judge strikes down Utah’s ban on same-sex marriage

LGBTQ Finance | 12.23

I mentioned last week that Ben and I are hanging out in Georgia for the holiday break, so this post will be my only one for the week. But I…

Marriage Makeover: Same-Sex Couple Edition

LGBTQ Finance | 11.19

While I’m providing roadmaps, I wanted to make sure that you same-sex couples out there can find the planning aspects that affect your relationship in one place. As I said…

Arguments Against Marriage

LGBTQ Finance | 10.28

Happy Monday! One of my friends sent me an article posted in Friday’s New York Times, discussing why some same-sex couples choose not the get married, despite now having the…

Why Civil Unions are pointless

LGBTQ Finance | 10.25

Yesterday, I attended the IRS/Tax Practitioner Symposium sponsored by the IRS and the Illinois CPA Society. As you can imagine, same-sex marriage was mentioned several times as a “hot topic.” …

They want you!

LGBTQ Finance | 10.09

After the tax-heavy post yesterday, I thought it would be fun to revisit a lighter article that came out last month about Minneapolis Mayer R.T. Rybak courting gay couples to…

Tax Deadline: Shutdown or not, October 15th is coming

LGBTQ Finance | 10.08

People have felt the effect of the government shutdown in a variety of ways. As someone who deals with the IRS everyday, I have to say I’m enjoying the break…

Marriage – a bonus or a penalty?

LGBTQ Finance | 10.07

I’ve said this before, but it’s worth repeating: I love personal finance. Everything about it excites me– the fundamentals, insurance, investing, estate planning, etc. At my core, though, I’m a…

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