Tax Day 2008: The Cost of Being Gay

Link If you've already received (and spent) your refund, good for you! If you haven't filed yet, here's some not so joyful news: If you're in a relationship, you are indeed not getting back as much as a straight married couple would.

Medicare, Social Security and You

As the safety net of Medicare and Social Security is being undermined by boondoggles like wars for oil, it's becoming evermore obvious that we're on our own come retirement time. If we're able to retire, that is. As lesbians, the issues are a bit different for us (primarily for how we're taxed and that we can't marry) and that makes the crisis much more serious.