Money Proud: The Queer Guide to Generate Wealth, Slay Debt, and Build Good Habits to Secure Your Future

Nick Wolny's guide to personal finance addresses money management specifically for queer people. The book covers debt repayment, controlling impulse spending, saving for the future, and investing strategies. Wolny, an Out magazine finance columnist, identifies how certain financial obstacles disproportionately affect queer communities and explores how behaviors tied to seeking acceptance can impact financial decisions. Money Proud includes a financial planning map, guidance on recognizing internalized homophobic money advice, practical strategies for earning and spending wisely, and investment approaches for building wealth. The book also addresses taxes, community-building, and career development. Throughout, Wolny combines financial expertise with data and personal stories from queer people who have navigated money challenges successfully. Written with humor and practical detail, the book positions financial independence as essential security during a time of anti-LGBTQ+ legislation and cultural hostility.