rainbow skulls in Vancouver, CanadaNataliia Sokolovskaia/ShutterstockSpooky season is upon us — the time when queer people positively shine. And with our love for Halloween comes our infamous love as a people for extremelyhallow niche costumes.
While the heteros might be out there pulling together costumes you could just as easily buy off the rack at the nearest Bed Bath & Beyond-turned-Spirit Halloween, the LGBTQ+ crowd isn't satisfied with a look unless it's put together with the blood, sweat, and tears spent poring over years of memes, obsessing over extremely minor film & TV characters, and memorizing every iconic moment from awards shows and interviews with our faves. At the end of the day, gay Halloween isn't a success unless you have to start explaining it to more people than not as soon as you step foot outside of a gay bar.
With that in mind, here are some of our favorite deep cut, gay Halloween-specific costumes making the rounds so far this year.
This particular pregnant praying mantis
And they say love is dead.
The bitch in question
"I hate gay Halloween wdym youre the bitch in question." Never forget the immaculate drip.
Ben Franklin (make it animatronic)
This one's for the gay Disney adults. We see you.
The school lockers from Bottoms
Okay this one is really only for gays.
Dakota Johnson and limes
I bet she doesn't even like limes.
Dan & Phil
The layers here are actually unmatched.
Lois Griffin
Real.
A special post-it note
The older and more niche, the better for gay Halloween!
Adele at the Nottingham Hill Jamaican Carnival
We wish we could forget this one.
Tracy E. Gilchrist
Last but not least, we're extremely partial to this one — and obviously holding space for it.
Also, a bonus shout-out to this spot-on 2019 poppers-era Charli XCX, which was apparently too spicy for X to allow us to embed. Gay rights!
