What would Marsha P. Johnson resolve to do in 2026? What about Harvey Milk, Christine Jorgensen, Bayard Rustin, or Audre Lorde?

This special year-end episode takes a different kind of trip through queer history. Rather than just looking back, it imagines forward, asking what the dreams and demands of our most iconic trailblazers might sound like if they were setting intentions for this moment. The result is something that's equal parts history lesson, love letter, and call to action.

The episode weaves real biographical detail with imaginative "what ifs," grounding each resolution in the actual values, words, and life's work of the person it honors. Marsha's would be joyful and uncompromising. Harvey's would be practical and hopeful. Audre's would be a dare.

The point isn't that these people would say exactly this. The point is that their lives show us what it looks like to turn a dream into action, sometimes at enormous personal cost, and often in the face of people who said it couldn't be done.

What's your resolution? This episode might give you some ideas.

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