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Halloween

Why Halloween Feels Great to My Queer, Neurodivergent Brain

Growing up, Halloween was strictly off-limits.

Titeänyä Rodríguez October 31, 2025 1 Comment
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Halloween

Last Minute Halloween Costumes for Transmascs

Maybe you were scheduled for a barshift Halloweekend so you didn’t bother putting anything together and at the last minute got off. Or your situationship ended abruptly and now your couple’s costume is useless without your second half. We’ve got you covered.

Reed October 24, 2025 9 Comments
mary poppins and penguins
Halloween

Slightly Unhinged but Mostly Realistic Costume Ideas for Two Moms With Kids

Are you a queer family still deciding on the best Halloween costume for yourself, your partner and your adorable child (or children!)? We’re here to help.

Riese October 23, 2025 9 Comments
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Halloween

Motti Rates His Past Halloween Costumes

I dressed so frequently as men/male characters far before realizing I was trans.

Reed October 9, 2025 4 Comments
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Halloween Quizzes

14 Halloween Quizzes You Could Take Right Now for a Very Gay October

What’s your fate in a zombie movie? What horror movie stock character are you? There are so many questions, and their accordant answers, right in here.

Riese October 8, 2025 2 Comments
Glinda and Elphaba in Wicked which would make a great lesbian couples costume for Halloween
Halloween

30 Lesbian Halloween Couples Costume Ideas

From classics like Daphne/Velma to recent pop culture pairings to conceptual ideas, we’re here to help brainstorm your best queer couples costumes ever.

Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya October 4, 2025 23 Comments
Gabrielle and Xena
Halloween

21 Couples Halloween Costumes For Tall and Short Couples

Halloween costume time is the best time of year to tower over your girlfriend or best friend or partner (or vice versa).

Riese October 2, 2025 62 Comments
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Comedy Halloween

If You Don’t Already Have Your Halloween Couples Costumes Locked In, Are You Even Gay?

Lesbians have been Googling couples costume ideas frantically for over a month already.

Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya August 13, 2025 5 Comments
Motti and Britt dressed as Chappell Roan and a passenger seat for Halloween
Halloween

My Girlfriend and I Went Viral for Dressing as Chappell Roan and a Passenger Seat for Halloween

It was settled as early as August: Britt would be Chappell, and I would be a literal passenger seat. 

Reed October 28, 2024 3 Comments
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Halloween Quizzes

Quiz: Which Spirit Halloween Animatronic Are You?

From the same twisted, gorgeous mind who brought you Spirit Halloween Animatronics, Ranked By Lesbianism.

Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya October 27, 2024 2 Comments
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Halloween

Drew Burnett Gregory Rates Her Past Halloween Costumes

Before transitioning I would describe my costume choices as a decades-long performance art exploration of masculinity.

Drew Burnett Gregory October 25, 2024 10 Comments
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Halloween

Quiz: Pick Your Own Victorian Mansion Escape Adventure and I’ll Tell You What Your Halloween Costume Should Be

Why have Victorian homes become the default ‘haunted house’? Well it’s time to get your ass out of one to uncover your Halloweeny destiny.

ashni October 13, 2024 4 Comments
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Halloween

Kristen Arnett Rates Her Past Halloween Costumes

Like many homosexuals, I enjoy dressing up. Is there a theme? Terrific! Costumes, wigs? The freakier the better.

Kristen Arnett October 10, 2024 8 Comments
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Halloween Quizzes

Quiz: What Recent Queer Horror Book Should You Read This Halloween Season?

Sapphic vampires, perhaps? Trans body horror? Or maybe a queer zombie romp is more your style.

Casey October 6, 2024 9 Comments
1. The author's son as a baby, dressed as a pumpkin. 2. The author's son, dressed as a pirate. 3. The author and her son, dressed as Spider-Man. 4.
Halloween Parenting & Family

Queer Mom Chronicles: Halloween Is Just Another Reminder My Kid Is Growing Up

As a parent, Halloween is always such a mess of a holiday.

Sa'iyda Shabazz October 30, 2023 6 Comments
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Halloween Movie Features

Obsessed: How “Nightmare On Elm Street 2: Freddy’s Revenge” Ruined Its Gay Lead’s Life

“Looking back, it was so gay. It was amazing….all I can say was, we were all incredibly naive. Or, all incredibly latently gay. I’m not sure which.”

Riese October 27, 2023 3 Comments
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Comedy Halloween

9 Niche Last Minute Queer Halloween Costumes No One Will Understand But You

Option 1: Dress up as your ex using all of the clothes they left behind six years ago.

Reed October 25, 2023 9 Comments
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Halloween Quizzes

Quiz: Which Gay Halloween Candy Are You?

Are you gay? Have you ever wished to be reincarnated as a classic Halloween candy? Have I got the quiz for you!

Riese October 22, 2023 14 Comments
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Food Lists Halloween

41 Spooky, Scary, Halloween Recipes for Your Monster Mash or Fright Night

Halloween is totally the best, right? Halloween costumes, Halloween decorations, Halloween movies, Halloween parties, and of course, Halloween food.

Mey October 9, 2023 20 Comments
top row: tara from buffy, tara from true blood, jenny schecter from the l word bottom row: dani from haunting of hill house, villanelle from killing eve, jennifer from jennifer's body
Halloween Quizzes

Quiz: Plan a Halloween Party and I’ll Tell You Which Ghost of a Queer TV Character Is Haunting You

Picture this: you’re planning decorations for your Halloween party and you start to wonder if Jenny Schecter is hiding in the drywall.

Riese October 8, 2023 15 Comments
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