Single

Age is no indicator of relationship status or financial responsibility.

• You can be young and starting out or older and established; and both enjoying living the single life.
• You might be single, single again, sometimes single, single with kids, single with pets or perhaps something a little more complicated.

When it comes to being single in the LGBTQIA+ community, there's really no such thing as average.

And it's your single life, so live it your way.

Balancing flexibility with personal responsibility

As a single LGBTQIA+ person, the additional flexibility in your lifestyle also comes with a greater degree of personal financial responsibility and the need to rely upon yourself. Wisdom and maturity are available at any age and have little to do with our 'clock age'.

• Single people are keenly aware of the risk of becoming sick or even disabled.
• Being single and self-reliant means you generally have to save more in your emergency savings fund, be careful with your long term health and have a higher amount of disability insurance in case you get sick or injured and can't work temporarily or lose your ability to earn your income long-term.
• For many single LGBTQIA+ Australians, there’s often no financial backup and usually diminished family support; so staying healthy and independent, and able to continue to earn your income is something you cannot afford to lose.

Being single can bring a level of freedom that needs a greater level of protection.

Why LGBTQIA+ single people need specialist financial advice

• As a community that still has more single people than coupled, we are more vulnerable to the financial risks that losing our ability to earn our income brings.
• For many people in the LGBTQIA+ community who are single, unmarried or unpartnered, longer-term financial stability and security can be a source of anxiety.

If you’re single and LGBTQIA+ it's time to learn more about your options today and then take action to protect what you cannot afford to lose - your ability to continue to earn your income.

Other considerations:

• Are you Single in Business? You probably have additional business risks to manage. Let us help you with that.
• Are you planning IVF or surrogacy? You probably have some longer-term planning ahead. Let us help you protect that too.
• Do you need to get your Power of Attorney documents and your Will sorted? Let us help you get your estate planning started too.