Summary
From discrimination in the hiring process to a wage gap to a patchwork of legal protections, there are road blocks at every stage of our career.
Queer Money Matters is Nancy's series about the straight economy and how queer people navigate it.
Music in this episode by Jeremy Bloom and Tigue. Theme by Alexander Overington.
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| 0:00.0 | Will I wind up taking a less prestigious position or worse paid position in order to be in |
| 0:10.9 | a place with a queer community? |
| 0:13.1 | And do you feel frustrated that you might ultimately have to choose between your career and having |
| 0:19.3 | like a sense of community like you want? |
| 0:23.3 | I guess so. |
| 0:24.3 | I didn't even thought about it. |
| 0:25.3 | I just accepted it as how things were. |
| 0:27.5 | Is that sad? |
| 0:33.3 | From WNYC Studios, this is Nancy. |
| 0:49.3 | This is queer money matters. |
| 0:51.3 | All week long, we're talking about why reaching financial milestones can be harder for queer |
| 0:55.5 | people and how we get around those challenges. |
| 0:58.6 | On this episode, we're going to talk about one of the most defining parts of our financial |
| 1:02.8 | lives, our careers. |
| 1:05.4 | At the top of the show, we heard from Jill a Nancy listener about how she feels limited. |
| 1:10.1 | Tobin, do you feel like your career has been limited somehow because you're a queer? |
| 1:13.9 | Well, right now we're sitting in a studio recording a queer podcast. |
| 1:17.7 | So no, not in this moment. |
| 1:20.1 | Okay, fine. |
| 1:21.3 | But I actually identify a lot with Jill because I felt the same way in my previous life when |
| 1:27.0 | I was a cellist wanting to be in an orchestra. |
| 1:29.6 | When you were a professional musician. |
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