About this episode

This episode discusses the three retirement plans that sabotage gay men and explores the cultural beliefs that hinder their financial security.

Why Have So Many Gay Men Struggled to Save for Retirement? We hear this from gay men all the time, usually those in their 50s or pushing their 60s: “I want to retire now, but I have absolutely nothing saved.” And when we ask what happened, the answer usually isn’t laziness. It isn’t that they didn’t care. It often comes down to three quiet beliefs many gay men inherited from culture, trauma, fantasy, and avoidance. In this episode of Queer Money , we’re talking about the three retirement plans that sabotage gay men and keep too many of us from saving, investing, and building the future we actually want. These are some of the biggest gay retirement mistakes we see: “I’ll die young and beautiful.” “I’ll marry a sugar daddy.” “I’ll figure it out later.” For many gay men, especially those who came of age during the HIV/AIDS crisis, the idea of growing old, happy, healthy, loved, financially stable, and free wasn’t something we were encouraged to imagine. Some of us didn’t believe we’d live long enough. Some of us hoped someone else would save us. And some of us assumed we’d eventually get serious about money later. But later showed up, and now she wants receipts. This episode is not…

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Host: Queer Money

Topics covered

• retirement planning
• financial struggles
• gay culture
• myths about aging
• HIV/AIDS impact

Keywords

• retirement
• gay men
• financial planning
• HIV/AIDS
• myths
• saving
• investing

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