These gays and allies are making hilarious New Year’s resolutions (or boycotting the tradition entirely)
Subscribe to our daily newsletter for a refreshing cocktail (or mocktail) of LGBTQ+ entertainment and pop culture, served up with a side of eye-candy.FYI, the tradition of setting New Year’s resolutions dates back about four millennia, History.com reports.
Ancient Babylonians would hold a 12-day religious festival called Akitu every March and would promise to settle the debts to get in their gods’ good graces.Then, in ancient Rome, Julius Caesar set the month of January — named after the two-faced god Janus — as the first month of the year, History.com adds.
Romans of that era, believing that Janus simultaneously looked at the past and the future, promised to behave in the coming year.And in the 18th century, Methodism founder John Wesley started the practice of spending New Year’s Eve and New Year’s Day reading from scripture, singing hymns, and renewing one’s covenant with God.Nowadays, though, people devote their New Year’s resolutions to physical health, mental health… or the funny goals set by the X users below.
And other people, like the X skeptics farther down the page, resolve to not make New Year’s resolutions!Let’s ring in the new with these resolutions:This my last year going to gay bars and clubs 2024 resolutionI’ve been thinking about my physical New Year’s resolution.
