Young, Loud, and Running for Office

In this week’s episode of Queer Times, Harrison and Kristen dive deep into the historic win of Zoran Mamdani in the NYC Democratic mayoral primary and what it reveals about the shifting tides of American politics. From ranked choice voting and Democratic Party hypocrisy to rising stars like Deja Foxx and Kat Abu, the hosts dissect the generational clash between progressive idealism and entrenched establishment power. They take on housing as a human right, the collapse of trust in both parties, and ask the question on everyone’s mind: is this the death rattle of the old guard—or just the beginning of real change?