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

    LGBTQ Finance | 10.07

    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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Brian Thompson Financial LLC (“BTF”), is a Registered investment Adviser in the States of Illinois and New York. Based in Chicago, BTF focuses specifically on serving mission-driven LGBTQ entrepreneurs locally and nationwide. Brian Thompson, JD, CFP® is a proud member of NAPFA, XY Planning Network and Pride Planners.