Hello Happy Halloween and welcome to this year’s community photo gallery celebrating The Holiday Of Our People! Literally every single year I’m like, “Wow, our readers really blew me away this time around, there is no way they’ll be able to top themselves next year,” AND THEN… you do! The next year rolls around and y’all just top the heck outta yourselves, you really do! [Insert joke about ending the top shortage via creative Halloween costuming here, you’re welcome.] Anyhow, today’s not a day for me to ramble on. Today’s a day to eat mini Milky Way bars you’re supposed to be saving for your trick-or-treaters tonight, tell a friend you love them, and browse our truly impressive Halloween community photo gallery, made up entirely of submissions from our lovely readers.
PS: Because Halloween falls on a Wednesday this year and I know some folks will be dressing up today/tonight and some of y’all may even still have Halloween parties this weekend, I’ll be accepting submissions for this gallery through *midnight on Sunday, November 4.* If you’re very excited about your costume and want it featured here, email me 1-2 photos to vanessa [at] autostraddle [dot] com and include name, age, and costume title for everyone in the photo. Make the subject line Gay Halloween 2018. If you do not follow these instructions I will not post your photo! Thank you!
Happy Halloween 20GAYTEEN!
Sarah, Riese, and Courtney, Becx, Kaylah // Ma Anand Sheela, Jane Stork, and Rajneeshees from Wild Wild Country
Alyssa, 26 / the “Mother” from the movie Mother!
Alyssa, 26 / Furiosa from Mad Max
Simone Bauer, 28 / Alex Vause of Orange Is The New Black
Chani, 23 / Charcoal Sketch!
Sarah, 30 / Megara from Hercules
Lianne, 33 and Jessica, 27 / Miss Frizzle and Miss Frizzle’s chameleon
Heather, 30 / Paulie Bleeker from Juno
Kae, 36 / Zombie Vanellope von Schweetz
Taylor Quinn, 28 / Forest ‘Demon’
April, 29 / Tenth Doctor from Doctor Who
Ebony, 24 and Harper, 24 / Domino and the original Carmilla
Tracy, 48, Mia, 12 and Josephine, 52 / an 1840s family, inspired by Daguerreotype family portraits from that time period
Tracy, 48, Mia, 12 and Josephine 52 / a cat hoarder family, inspired by Kate McKinnon’s Whiskers R We skit on Saturday Night Live
Kaitlyn, 25 and Num, 28 / Bughead! Jughead and Dark Betty
Cate, 27 / Pearl from the “Last One Out of Beach City” episode of Steven Universe
Shea, 28 / “I decided that I couldn’t top last Halloween’s sexy Nigel Thornberry costume, so I decided to just be a sheet ghost”
Cassidy, 24 // Judith Slaying Holofernes, as painted by Artemisia Gentileschi
Hannah, 34 // Carrie White
Camille, 27 and Kaitlyn, 26 // Gretchen and Spinelli from Recess!
Mika, 26 // Biker Jesus
Sarah, 24 and Andy, 24 // Retro Space People
Gilly, 32 // Jana Shortal, Minnesota’s own Emmy award winning news anchor/Host of Breaking The News at NBC’s affiliate station Kare 11 News!
Kendle, 22 and Olivia, 20 // Marceline the Vampire Queen and Princess Bonnibel Bubblegum from Adventure Time!
Josie, 22 and Linds, 28 // Juno and Paulie Bleeker from Juno
Sam, 28 // Bisexual Icon and glam goth fashion icon, Riverdale’s very own Cheryl Blossom
Johnnay, 29 and Crid, 25 // “Scissoring”
Kate, 31 and Caitlin, 28 // Ms. Frizzle and the Magic School Bus!
Jana, 28 // J Balvin
Carrie, 30 and Keely, 26 // Teddy Roosevelt and Teddy Bear
Quinn, 28 and Nate, 26 // Spike and Angel from Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Dee, 39 // Some sort of alien forest fae…mostly an excuse to use all my purple LEDs
Jillian, 28 and Rachel, 33 // The Woodsman and The Big Bad Wolf
June, 25 and Alice, 24 // The Call Me By Your Name boys, Oliver and Elio
Kasey, 30 and Kaitlin, 32 // Price Is Right Contestant (Fern and Linda)
Lyon, 27 // A Big Dill
Priscila S Tchorbadjian, 27 // androgynous Cruella De Ville
Liz, 24 // Camilla Cream from A Bad Case of Stripes
Meridith, 25, and Daria, 22 // Prom Queens
Sarah, 26 // Captain Marvel (Carol Danvers, comic costume)
Denver, Raina, and Alley // Teen Wolf, Polly Nor’s Airing My Dirty Laundry in Public, and Pattie Gonia
Collin, 22, Sophia, 21, and Emma, 23 // Ina Garten, Jeffrey Garten, and Ina’s Perfect Roast Chicken
Elliot, 34 // Reverse engineered steampunk boi / princeling of the industrial underworld
Erin, 32 // Bowsette
Danielle, 32 / Joan of Arc & Death from Neil Gaiman’s Sandman
Melissa, 35 and Callie, 32 // Vagina Pants
Hannah, 31 // Rainbow Brite!
Bessie, 26 // Octocat
Alex, 34 // The Doctor
Dani, 28 // Sexy Tampon
Comments
I don’t think I’ll ever get over the perfection of Cassidy’s costume.
IKR? So awesome! So creative and well executed.
Back when I taught art and design, I loved leading class discussions of that painting – it’s a technically brilliant composition and it has the right level of gross out to engage college frosh.
I LOVE IT SO MUCH
OK so my dad is an art history teacher and when I was a kid this painting was on the front of a coffee table book we had, and for some reason – the composition? The blood? I always kind of thought of it as a painting of someone giving birth, which it most definitely is NOT. Like I as a young kid I thought ew gross, vaginas! But, reader, there are no vaginas.
I will love it always. GREAT WORK CASSIDY.
I gasped — for real out loud gasped! — at Pearl and Jodie Whittaker’s Doctor!
That’s me!! I was the 13th Doctor! That is the highest praise I could imagine!! Thank you!!!
Wow Mika hot damn!
I mean sorry to single you out, everyone is SO GORGE.
IKR? I love the concept and the execution, A SACRED HEART BIKER PATCH
oh it’s totally fine
Thank you so much aigufasjkfsa <3
HAHAHAHA “sorry to single you out and tell you you’re hot, Mika, i’m sure as a fire sign YOU HATE THAT” ;)
I was scrolling and I got to the title and I was like cool, Biker Jesus by Mika, I bet this will be good…whoa…..whoa, is this _thirst trap biker Jesus_? Damn. Also that charcoal sketch! Also the Miss Frizzles! Also also also! Thank you to everyone who sent in pics!
Maybe so
Yup yup that thirst trap is totally working FYI!
also Mika is that a mitski/free the cowboy combinationation lock?! ??
Yes, Laura, indeed it is, sad to announce nobody freed the cowboy yet
@bbpapi yes, so sad. maybe the cowboy bets on losing dogs and that’s why?
These are all so gooood and so clever! Y’all are cute and great!
My special fave is Pearl (wearing human clothes!). I hope that you met your cool pink-haired lady, if you were looking for her!
I love these. As I scrolled through I was like, hmm, I’m surprised there’re no genitalia costumes. And then bam! I scrolled down to the vagina pants!
What can I say? I know my people.
Janelle knew what she was doing
I would apologise for my pictures being HUJI-selfies but what is Halloween without a couple thirst traps?
That Mother boob illusion! WOW. Y’all went out.
I love the Ms Frizzle/chamaleon couples costume, as the CMBYN boys. Taking sexy costumes and making them cross the line twice is awesome and I loved the sexy tampon. I have So Much Respect for the ones that included full body painting because that takes so much work and patience! The charcoal sketch and the decapitation painting, ughhhh I love art and funny takes on it as costume are bomb. I’m going to stop myself here because I’m throwing up love and hearts at this point, but know that I see and treasure every single costume and that you. are. a. cutie. Yes, you.
Cheryl Blossom costume made me feel a type of a way
Dassss meee ??❤️❤️
Gilly! That Jana Shortal is amazing.
And um ditto @Mika on the Cheryl Blossom ..
Thank you so much!! If you happen to be near a TV at 630pm, you should tune into Kare 11’s Breaking the News, because Jana asked me to come on her show!!!!! GAHHHHHH! I’m only kind of sort of freaking out a little here. I had to frantically try and throw my hair up in pincurls at work this morning when I got the email.
That is so cool!! I will be on the bus so not near a tv but post a link after if there is one!
Posted the two links to my comment below!!
I’m glad y’all like it! Ppl didn’t seem to recognize me irl :( I thought I nailed the look – – they prob just didn’t know Riverdale..
CUTIES! HOTTIES! PALS! PREFERRED TERMS OF PRAISE!
You’re all perfect.
Wow! I love all of these! Halloween is a beautiful gorgeous gay holiday!
I didn’t think a tampon could be sexy, but my mind has been changed.
honestly the truest truth
Aw shucks, sayeth the tampon
Can someone explain where the very first photo(s) are from? I don’t know the reference.
I just updated the caption to reflect this but it’s from Wild Wild Country, a documentary about a cult in Oregon! I forgot that if you’re not living in Oregon or obsessed with cult documentaries (we’re a fun crowd here at Autostraddle!) you wouldn’t necessarily know what this is…LOL.
Ahhhhhh these are all so great! If anyone is local to Minnesota, I got asked to wear my costume on Jana’s Breaking the News segment on Kare 11 at 6:30pm. *NOT-SO-SILENTLY SCREAMING*
PLEASE POST A LINK AFTERWARDS IF THERE IS ONE THIS IS AMAZING AND I AM SURE I SPEAK FOR EVERYONE WHEN I SAY WE ALL WANT TO SEE
So I originally tagged Jana in my photos on twitter on Saturday, and then someone else got inspired by my pictures and went as her yesterday for a work party. So then they featured both our photos last night on air, and then this morning asked us to be on the show tonight! I had to frantically pin curl my hair this morning at work, so it would have time to set before going on air.
Clip #1:
https://twitter.com/kare11/status/1057797185033699329
Clip #2 (and honestly the best part of the whole thing): https://twitter.com/kare11/status/1057815470823432192
She gave us both pocket squares, and I died!! I want to frame it, honestly, it’s so beautiful!
OBSESSED WITH THIS STORY
You and me both! I’m still on cloud 9. Totally planning on framing the pocket square she gave me along with one of the photos Kare 11 took!
Also got off work tonight to find out I won the costume contest at a local diner’s halloween party I went to Monday night! So yeah, pretty much the best halloween EVER. <3
I wish I’d seen this comment before it aired! I was so excited to see a Jana Shortal costume
I love the Megara costume with Hades. Such an under appreciated Disney heroine.
I just want to point out that Ms. Frizzle did not have a chameleon, she was a lizard named Liz.
You know that feeling of “Ah yes, my people!”? As soon as I saw the second variation on Ms. Frizzle couples costume, I got it. <3
Fantastic work, everybody. Especially the Doctors and Captain Marvel who will definitely set everything right.
<3 <3 <3 My favorites were the charcoal drawing WOW and sexy tampon YESSSSSSS
these are so excellent in quantity and in quality i love it so much! Thank you all. And thank you Vanessa!
you are welcome! i’m so glad the gallery brought you joy :)
happy halloween!
I am in awe of Alyssa’s gross, beautiful mother! costume.
I love all if these and special love for Elio and Oliver and their peach!
I admire a good gore make up, and that one is most admirable
Biker Jesus, the best Jesus.
Spike and Angel have the appropriate height difference. :P
I am so impressed with everyone’s costumes! I’m sure you’re all the toast of your Halloween parties.
Special shout-out to J Balvin, complete with cross earring and Familia tattoo :)
Gracias! I almost didn’t get Familia on my chest since I was planning to keep my shirt buttoned up, but luckily my friend convinced me and It made a huge difference. Mi gente always looking after me.
Oh man these are SO GOOD. I’m 100% sending you photos of my Sexy Harry Hill costume I wore today! I love this community’s creativity :-)
Jeffrey, Ina, AND a chicken!?! ? I love it!! I quickly last minute threw together an Ina costume for a work Halloween costume contest (bc of course yes I have several variations on the oversized denim blouse+dark pants combo) and I WON!!
Sadly I didn’t get any good pics, otherwise I would def submit for the gallery!