If you’re still struggling to figure out what you and your love are going to be this year, fret not! I’ve got you covered with a bunch of lesbian Halloween couples costume ideas that are also easily to execute for all types of queer couples or can be adapted for throuples and polycules, too. You could also do these with a bestie rather than a partner.

This article was originally written in October 2023 and has been updated with 2026 costume options.

Lesbian Halloween Couples Costumes

Kris and Billy from the end of Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma

Billy and Kris in Camp Miasma

I s2g if I don’t see a million Krises and Billys running around on Halloween this year, I’m going to be upset. If you’ve ever wanted to spend Halloween in a baby tee and underwear, covered in blood, then this one’s for you. Bonus points if you get a prop grocery cart full of sour candies.

Kris and Little Death from Camp Miasma

Little Death in Camp Miasma

There are of course other Camp Miasma couples costume ideas, and I can see a nonbinary4nonbinary couple slaying a Kris/Little Death moment. Flex your crafting skills to make Little Death’s HVAC head (getting creative with cardboard should do the trick), and you can get a tyvek suit on your next trip to the hardware store.

Mari and Thor in Camp Miasma

Okay, one last Camp Miasma idea. They might be characters so small that I can’t even find an image of them together in the film, but if you want to pay homage to Camp Miasma but also stand out and be different, you could go as Jasmin Savoy Brown’s Mari and Aren Buchholz’s Thor. Just be prepared to explain to people who you are (but maybe you’re the type of Halloween couple who gets off on that).

Cherry Jones and Leslie Bibb in Hacks

Leslie and Cherry in Hacks Montecito

Please, I need to see an age gap lesbian couple execute this.

The 19th Century Lesbians Who Were Apparently Abundant in Widow’s Bay

dead baby dead baby lesbian

This will require some creativity on your part, but I believe in you.

Hunting Wives

Callie and Margo in The Hunting Wives

Sophie/Margo is an option, too, of course, but Callie/Margo feels more fun to me. The Hunting Wives returns in November, but you can celebrate early with a Maple Brook couples costume, which you should complete with prop lime green margaritas (SERIOUSLY, WHY ARE THE MARGARITAS SO GREEN ON THE SHOW?).

Jackie Young and DiJonai Carrington

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(Photo by Geoff Stellfox/Getty Images)

Really, you can choose any WNBA couple to dress as! But these two are always good at coordinating fits.

Trixie and Katya

BERLIN, GERMANY - NOVEMBER 09: (L-R) American drag queens Trixie Mattel and Katya Zamolodchikova perform live on stage at the Tempodrom on November 9, 2022 in Berlin, Germany. (Photo by Frank Hoensch/Getty Images)
Photo by Frank Hoensch/Getty Images

This would be a fun platonic couples costume to do between two besties.

Glinda and Elphaba (Wicked)

Glinda and Elphaba in Wicked

We may no longer be in peak Wicked mania, but this is a lesbian couples costume that can stand the test of time.

Taissa and Van (Yellowjackets)

Van and Taissa embrace in the Yellowjackets episode "Doomcoming", wearing masks and bachanal like outfits

A couple years ago, I wrote you a full guide for how to do a DIY Yellowjackets costume with an emphasis on group costume options. But going as these cannibal lovebirds would be so cute…in a creepy way! Whoever is Taissa should definitely use makeup to create the effect of dirt on your mouth. If you decide to do adult versions of the characters, Taissa can carry a prop heart meant to be Biscuit’s (RIP Biscuit), and Van can carry VHS copies of cult classic 90s films.

Marie and Jordan (Gen V)

Jordan and Marie from Gen V

This is a fun one, because the person being Jordan gets to choose which Jordan presentation to be.

Dr. Ellie Sattler and a T-Rex (Jurassic Park)

Dr. Ellie Sattler stands with her hands on her hips. A T-Rex from Jurassic Park roars.

Original recipe Jurassic Park never goes out of style. This is what my wife and I did a few years ago, and we ended up winning a costume contest. I thrifted all of the components of Laura Dern’s iconic (and very lesbian) look in Jurassic Park. Kristen got an official licensed Jurassic World dino mask that ROARS when you open your mouth. We think it might be made for children, but it fits both of our heads. She got dino claws as well. I feel like this is a low effort, high payoff couples costume route, especially because Dr. Ellie Sattler is a root for so many dykes. As an alternative, I feel like a hot gay couple could pull off Ellie and Malcolm really well. Even though they’re not a couple in the movie, Jeff Goldblum’s looks are just so dykey. I literally own everything he wears.

Sally Ride and a Rocket Ship

Sally Ride documentary

I think perhaps my coworker was joking when she suggested this, but I’m too delighted by it! For the lesbian couple who knows a lot about Sally Ride’s life or for the lesbian couple just generally obsessed with space.

Max and Esther or Carson and Greta (A League of Their Own)

Max and Esther hold hands in A League of Their Own

Once again, I’ve got you covered with a comprehensive DIY A League of Their Own costume guide. I’ve also made specific style guides for Max, Carson, and Greta if you need more inspiration. You can’t go wrong with dressing as either of these couples! It’d be so cute! And if you want to add an extra layer, go as “undead” versions of the characters to call attention to the unfortunate fact that the series was unceremoniously axed. 😞

Villanelle and Eve (Killing Eve)

Sandra Oh as Eve Polastri, Jodie Comer as Villanelle – Killing Eve _ Season 2, Episode 5 – Photo Credit: Robert Viglasky/BBCAmerica

Nothing says Halloween romance like going as a psychopathic assassin and the woman obsessed with bringing her down and/or kissing her on the mouth. Eve is an especially good costume for my fellow babes with long, dark curly hair. And if you really want to go all out as Villanelle, you’ve gotta do the pink dress or something similar.

Sophie and Bee (Bodies Bodies Bodies)

Two young queers look at each other while lying on grass.

It’d be pretty easy to do these as a last minute costume after one trip to a thrift store. Whoever is Bee definitely needs a crossbody phone strap. And you should be the versions of these characters at movie’s end (AKA covered in blood and dirt). Also, while they’re not a couple like these two, I think it’d be a really fun lesbian couples costume to go as Pete Davidson’s character David and Rachel Sennott’s character Alice. The David would get to wear a pink shorts sweatsuit like the one David dies in and wield a champagne bottle and fake sword. The Alice would get to wear glow stick necklaces and a crocheted crop top. Honestly, two VERY lez looks. I’ve been keeping this one in my back pocket for my wife and I to do, but I honestly want to wait until like five years post-Bodies Bodies Bodies coming out.

PJ and Josie (Bottoms)

josie in a rugby shirt, PJ in overalls and a tee, josie in an atari tee, PJ as dutch boy

Bottoms costumes will never go out of fashion if you ask me. PJ and Josie as a duo RULE. We have a style guide for both characters for inspiration. And, of course, you’ve gotta have fake blood for this one. Lean into the fight club of it all.

Pinhead and a Cenobite (Hellraiser)

Pinhead and the cenobites in Hellraiser

For my freaky gays! Sure, one of you could be Pinhead and one of you could be a human character, but I say go even harder on the depravity and disgusting details and channel everyone’s favorite sadomasochists from hell. These costumes would require a lot of work if you’re going full DIY, so this lesbian halloween couples costume is for the slightly more advanced couples who know their way around a glue gun, sewing machine, and prosthetic makeup. If you go this route, you’re legally obligated to show me a photo.

Jennifer and Needy (Jennifer’s Body)

Jennifer and Needy in Jennifer's Body

The move here imo would be to go in the characters’ school dance looks. For Jennifer, that means the white gown covered in blood, with white long gloves. For Needy, that means a poofy pink dress. Either dress could easily be thrifted.

Velma and Daphne

Velma and Daphne kiss

They’re a classic lesbian Halloween couples costume choice for a reason. Thrift the components of the costumes or buy ready-made ones in a pinch. A femme4butch couple could alternatively do Daphne and Fred.

Harley Quinn and Poison Ivy

Another sapphic animated character option! If you and your boo need two different costumes this year for various Halloween events, you could be economical about it and be Glinda/Elphaba one night and Poison Ivy/Harley Quinn the next because green face/body paint can be used for both Elphaba and Poison Ivy. You just also need a bright red wig.

Heather and Jonny (My Animal)

My Animal

Sure, the queer werewolf horror-romance film is a little obscure, but not every lesbian couples costume is meant to be immediately legible to the masses.

Jane Lynch and Jennifer Coolidge in Best in Show

Jane Lynch in Jennifer Coolidge in Best in Show

I know a lesbian couple that did this one year for Halloween, and it absolutely ruled. Great option if you want to involve your dog in your looks!

Morticia and Gomez

Again, I feel like this is a classic queer Halloween couples costume choice. And for good reason! They definitely read as a bi4bi couple, no?! A femme4femme couple could alternatively mix spooky universes and be Morticia and Elvira.

Betty and Veronica or Cheryl and Toni (Riverdale)

Betty and Veronica in Riverdale

The best part of the final season of Riverdale? The fact that everyone turned out to be a little bit gay. Betty/Veronica became canon, and of course, our longtime lovebirds Cheryl and Toni got their maple syrupy sweet happy ending. Pay homage to the end of an era with sapphic Riverdale couples costumes.

Michael Myers and Freddy Krueger (Halloween and Nightmare on Elm Street)

Michael Myers brandishing a knife and Freddy Kreuger showing off his slasher nails

This would be a good couples costume for dykes who appreciate things like the Horror Is So Gay series at Autostraddle. AKA, horror lovers with an appreciation for the Slashics, like the franchises each of these iconic villains hail from. Michael Myer’s signature jumpsuit is a v gay look, and haven’t most lesbians gone through a stripes and/or weird hat phase like Freddy?

Tiffany and Chucky

Chucky and Tiffany in the Bride of Chucky

On the note of old school slashers…you can’t convince me Tiffany/Chucky are not innately lesbian couple core. Perfect if you’re a goth femme in a relationship with an overalls-wearing goofy masc.

Tiffany and Nica (Chucky)

Tiffany and Nica in Chucky

Look, I realize I’m a few years behind on the extended Chucky universe, but these two would be such a fun (and hot) lesbian couples costume.

Jess and Jules (Bend It Like Beckham)

I knew I had to have something for my sporty gays, and I’m sure there are plenty of gay athlete couples you could go as, but I’d be remiss not to shout out my personal favorite queer subtext movie of all time. Throw together some football kits and grab a ball. If you’re desi and have saris on hand, you can be the version of Jess wearing a sari for the family function.

Eleanor and Theo (The Haunting 1999)

Theo and Eleanor in The Haunting (1999)

I’m very much partial to the 1963 film (and, of course, the Netflix series), but I won’t lie: Catherine Zeta Jones’ looks as campy bisexual Theo are pretty hot in the remake. Furs! Feathers! Knee-high boots! Perfect combination for a high femme/long haired butch or high femme/lazy femme duo.

Andi and Dean (Motocrossed)

Dean and Andi in Motocrossed

Inspired by our revisitation of this extremely subtextually trans and queer DCOM classic! I do think this would be an iconic butch4butch couples costume.

Hit me with more hot Halloween ideas in the comments!