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LGBTQ people can change their financial security by first changing their money mentality.

Many in the queer community are burdened with limiting beliefs about themselves, what they’re worth and what they deserve. On the outside, we may look fabulous, and we may occasionally spend ourselves into feeling fabulous.Neither emotion is substantive and neither give us long-term financial security. Read the full article HERE.  

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LGBTQ travelers favor gay-friendly brands.

When travel brands and tourism boards embrace LGBTQ consumers, they pay attention, according to a survey conducted by Grindr’s Into.  Six in ten (61%) said that when choosing a destination, airline or lodging, its reputation as gay-friendly is somewhat or very important. Read the full article HERE.  

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Connecting the LGBT community and mortgage industry leaders.

On Thursday, the American Mortgage Diversity Council hosted an LGBT roundtable Town Hall in Dallas, Texas. The roundtable is the first of several such events planned across the country during 2018, designed to spur communication between the mortgage industry and the communities they serve. The events will culminate in late Read the full article HERE.  

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Salvation Army says it’s ‘evolved’ on LGBT rights but we’re not too sure about that.

A national spokesperson for the Salvation Army is attempting to show that its differences with the LGBT community are over, and that it “meets human need without discrimination.” US National Spokesperson for the organisation, Lt. Col. Ron Busroe, spoke to Advocate about how The Salvation Army is now trying to address its negative image in the LGBT+ community. Read the full article HERE.  

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What it is like being gay on Wall Street.

David met David in a straight club on the West Side of Manhattan weeks after the Twin Towers fell. “Now no one goes to clubs anymore. They all have these apps,” chuckles David Ross, an executive with Viteos Fund Services, which runs operational plumbing for hedge funds and private equity… Read the full article HERE.  

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Grindr and Tinder: the disruptive influence of apps on gay bars.

The Black Cap, the George & Dragon, Madame Jojo’s and the Candy Bar: the list of LGBT bars that have closed in London goes on and on. Since 2006, the UK capital has lost more than half its gay bars and clubs, falling from 125 to 53 in just over a decade, according to research from the Urban Laboratory at University College London. Read the full article HERE.  

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Bea Arthur LGBT homeless shelter opens just in time for Christmas.

An LGBT homeless shelter in honour of Golden Girls star Bea Arthur has just opened just in time for Christmas. Bea Arthur, who died in 2009, left $300,000 in her will to the Ali Forney Center, which works to help LGBT homeless youths in New York… Read the full article HERE.