Banks Study LGBT Investors

While our LGBT community strives for equality a new study conducted by the Spectrem Group out of Chicago has been released examining our community’s investing practices. Especially focusing on wealthy LGBT investors. They find that when it comes to investing & financial planning we’re more conservative & more satisfied with our financial planners & advisors than heterosexual investors. Many affluent LGBT investors also feel that their legal & advising needs are not well understood by mainstream society & we prefer LGBT professionals who understand our needs. Wealthy LGBT investors are also more worried about receiving help & advice than non-LGBT investors & more likely to seek it. George H. Walper, Jr., President of Spectrem Group stated, “At first glance, the profile of the affluent LGBT investor is similar to the wealthy non-LGBT investor. But there are key differences. Wealthy LGBT investors tend to have less diversified portfolios, while demonstrating higher social media use & a preference for conservative investing. Wealthy LGBT investors also have unique needs regarding their trust & estate planning. They want to work with professionals who are familiar with their financial challenges, whether those professionals are attorneys, financial planners, bankers or financial advisors.” Study respondents were affluent LGBT investors with $100,000 to $25 million in net worth, NIPR & were broken into three wealth segments: Mass Affluent, Millionaire & Ultra High Net Worth. Research was fielded in fall 2013 & sponsored by a number of financial firms including Lincoln Financial Group, Morgan Stanley Wealth Management, RBC Wealth Management, U.S. Trust, Bank of America Private Wealth Management & Vanguard.
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LGBT Oppression In Russia

With the Sochi Winter Olympics just a few weeks away our global LGBT community will focus on Russia & their oppressive antigay laws. According to The Advocate in their February cover story “Love in Putin’s Russia” street violence, intimidation & governmental discrimination are the problems facing our LGBT brothers & sisters. In their story they visit gay & lesbians residing in Russia to find out what it’s like living there today & it reads like America in the 1950’s. To find a gay bar in Moscow is nearly impossible. The gay scene is a network of back-alley stairwells & unmarked doors. Storefronts are disguised as flower shops, trap doors lead to secret passages. There are only about a half-dozen such bars in the city of over 11 million. According to the article people like Sergey, a journalist who has been writing for Moscow newspapers since the days of Soviet censorship states like many gay people, he’s “not in the closet, but also not out,” largely because he could still lose his job for being gay, “From every corner of this country, on every TV station, all you hear is ‘gay.’ Such public attention to this topic has never occurred in Russia,” Sergey tells The Advocate’s Chadwick Moore, “So many people are interested in gay items, even people who didn’t think about this before. The people who started this antigay law have contributed not so much against, but for gay propaganda. It’s a good thing.” A gay person living in Russia concluded, “Russia is really good at enacting laws, but the people just do whatever they want. This country is lawless. There is a disconnect between society & politics. The propaganda law is disgraceful in what it represents, but the practical effect is still yet to be seen.” Updates to Come..:)
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LGBT Celebrities At Golden Globes

At the 2nd Annual "Gold Meets Golden" Event A-List celebrities celebrated the best of sport, film & television at the ultimate intersection of Olympic athletics & Hollywood. Held within the NBC Universal Golden Globes After Party the event was attended by celebrities including; Hayden Panettiere, Kerry Washington, Chris Hemsworth, Sofia Vergara, Matthew McConaughey, Jessica Chastain, Jason Collins, Nate Berkus, Seth Meyers, Frank Marshall & Ryan Kavanaugh who all celebrated with the Olympians. Some of the highlights of the event included Taylor Swift chatting with to-be Sochi Olympic freeskiier Nick Goepper about their mutual love for downhill speed; Sofia Vergara asked advice from her family on how to spell "Olympians" as she wrote a message of support to the Sochi team; Kerry Washington telling Nadia Comeneci, Mary Lou Retton, Greg Louganis & Jackie Joyner-Kersee that they were inspirations in her life & career; Mike Tyson & Orlando Bloom holding & inquiring about Olympic medals brought to the carpet by Tim Morehouse; a red-carpet reunion of Greg Louganis & Mario Lopez who once portrayed him in his life story; Jimmy Fallon exclaiming that the "Olympians are Awesome!" on the red carpet, Seth Myers delivering a heart-felt message to the athletes of the Sochi 2014 Games which he said he will also be attending in February. United for Equality in Sports & Entertainment (UESE) equality champions Jason Collins, Nate Berkus & Caitlin Cahow, Olympian & Presidential select U.S. Delegate to Sochi Winter Olympics chatted with David McFarland Founder & CEO of the LGBT org about the state of Equality in Sports.
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Rosie O’Donnell To Play Boston

Rosie O’Donnell is performing at The Wilbur Theatre in Boston on Friday, January 24th at 7:30P. The Emmy Award-winning comedienne has devoted much of her time & money toward philanthropic causes including gay rights. When Rosie debuted on The Rosie O’Donnell Show in 1996, it wasn’t long before she was dubbed the “Queen of Nice” & started racking-up up Emmys. That’s the first time I met her at the Daytime Emmy Awards when they were in NYC. In 2002 Rosie decided to give up the talk show life & return to her first love, stand-up comedy. Her return to stand-up was a great success, though her tough style refreshingly replaced her “The Queen of Nice” persona. Then she had a heart attack in August 2012. When asked how that experience changed her life O’Donnell stated, “What’s interesting is that the doctor said, you know, you really have to be careful because after a major heart attack, a lot of people have depression. And I’ve struggled with depression my whole life, so I was kind of ready for that. But I found that the opposite happened – I had an awakening & a gratitude that I did not have before. I did not get depressed after the heart attack & the doctors were really, really worried & were watching me for that. I haven’t had depression at all after the attack & not that I’m saying it’s a remedy, but for me, it let me know that, wow, I really could have been done. And I am on “extended play,” like when you get the extra lap at the video game of the Grand Prix race car driver. That’s what I feel like — I’m on the extra lap. I’m happy that I got that chance. I feel like I cheated death & I kind of slid by, and I don’t know why. The nurse even said to my wife, who was asking her, “How’s she doing compared to people who have what she had?” And I was half-awake, half-not. And the nurse said, “Excellent.” And my wife said, “How do you know?” And the nurse said, “Because everyone else is dead.” Rosie married Michelle Rounds in 2012 & the couple adopted a baby girl a year ago. O'Donnell also has four children with her first wife, Kelli Carpenter. The Wilbur Theatre is located at 246 Tremont St. in Boston’s Historic Theatre District & tickets: $29-$59.
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Watch Hillary Take On Gay Rights

It’s hard to believe that is was over 2 years ago when then Secretary of State Hillary Clinton gave her infamous United Nations ‘Gay Rights Are Human Rights & Human Rights Are Gay Rights’ speech. Since then we have seen DOMA & California’s Prop 8 found unconstitutional by the US Supreme Court & 18 states pass marriage equality counting Utah though that state is having a bit of a meltdown. The video that Hillary made for HRC is definitely a declaration of things to come if elected to the presidency in 2016. It’s an amazing when remembering when she ran in 2008 gay marriage was not even on her agenda. Everyone should take five minutes to watch this video no matter what you believe. It honest to the point & very encouraging especially if you live in the 32 US states that passed unconstitutional amendments against our LGBT community or countries like Russia, Uganda, India & Australia that have inflicted homophobic anti gay laws. Here's a video rundown: At 0:40, she talks about meeting a Tunisian man with an interesting question. At 1:04, Hillary talks about some people who don't share her opinion on gay rights & human rights. At 2:23, she exactly describes the people we are all fighting for. At 2:58, Hillary admits how her opinions have changed & evolved. At 3:32, Hillary drops some serious knowledge about the evolution of America. At 4:35, she asks that the gay rights debate be done in a certain way. At 5:02, she compares this fight to the gender equality fight. WATCH VIDEO:
 
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UESE At Gold Meets Golden Event

Top Hollywood celebrities will host Olympic Legends at the second annual “Gold Meets Golden” event on Sunday, January 12th at the NBC/Universal Golden Globes Party in LA. United for Equality in Sports & Entertainment (UESE) the leading voice for achieving equality in sport & entertainment for LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual & transgender) athletes & artists, is proud to support “Gold Meets Golden” & the Olympic & Paralympic Teams headed to the Sochi 2014 Games as the organization recently did via the United Nations’ historical event “Sport Comes Out Against Homophobia,” which was held in 2013 on International Human Rights Day. UESE will also feature as their special guest openly gay basketball player Jason Collins. Hollywood has long been inspired by the Olympic sporting world & vice-versa, but rarely do these two worlds have the chance to mix & mingle. The second annual “Gold Meets Golden” Globes Event will be hosted by a variety of Hollywood elite who are passionate about the Olympic & Paralympic Games, including Frank Marshall, Kathleen Kennedy, Ryan Kavanaugh, Bradley Cooper, Mark Wahlberg, Sofia Vergara, Adrien Brody, Chelsea Handler, Kerry Washington, Owen Wilson & Hayden Panettiere. Sports legends Magic Johnson & Arnold Schwarzenegger will round out the experience by hosting a table within the Globe Awards for a variety of winter & summer athletes. The Hollywood team will join forces with popular & legendary Olympians including gymnasts Mary Lou Retton, Nadia Comaneci, Bart Conner, Gabby Douglas, Carly Patterson, Nastia Liukin & Jake Dalton; figure skater Sasha Cohen; speed skaters Apolo Anton Ohno, Bonnie Blair, Dan Jansen & Blake Skjellerup; track & field’s Bruce Jenner, Jackie Joyner-Kersee, Alyson Felix, Carmelita Jeter, Will Claye & DeeDee Trotter; diver Greg Louganis; swimmers Rebecca Soni, Eric Shanteau, John Naber, Jessica Hardy & Summer Sanders; water polo player Tony Azevedo; freeskier Nick Goepper; fencer Tim Morehouse; beach volleyball players Kerri Walsh Jennings, Misty May Treanor, April Ross & Jen Kessy & openly gay ice hockey player Caitlin Cahow who was recently announced as a member of President Barack Obama’s Presidential Delegation for the Opening Ceremony of the Sochi 2014 Olympic Winter Games.
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New CEO P-Town Film Society

The Provincetown Film Society announced that filmmaker & festival consultant Mitch Levine has been chosen as the new CEO replacing Gabby Hanna who retired from the position last summer. In his new role Levine will also serve as Executive Director of the Provincetown International Film Festival (PIFF), Waters Edge Cinema at Whalers Wharf & a new Institute of Cinema Arts. Director John Waters (PINK FLAMINGOS, HAIRSPRAY) & PIFF’s resident artist who hosts its Filmmaker on the Edge Award stated, “Mitch Levine comes to Provincetown with experience, a new found energy & a will to make movie going all over town an even better experience than ever!” Rick McCarthy, President of the PFS Board of Directors stated, “We are so pleased & excited to have Mitch as our new leader. We have every confidence that with Mitch's extraordinary experience & business acumen, he will lead the Festival and Society to new heights. His scholarly knowledge of cinema, his genuine love for his fellow artists & his deep appreciation for the historical & cultural traditions that make Provincetown such a special gathering place for artists set him apart as a true friend to the art form.” Levine founded The Film Festival Group a global consulting firm for filmmakers & the film festival community after serving as CEO of the Palm Springs International Film Festival. He currently produces First Time Fest in New York & produced the first edition of the Bahamas International Film Festival as well as Le Festival International des Espoirs du Cinema in Monte-Carlo. PIFF is celebrating its “Sweet Sixteen” in 2014 & is now open for international submissions. OUTTAKE VOICES has covered PIFF since 2007 & we're looking forward to 2014...:) PIFF runs from June 17th to 23rd.
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