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10 Low-Key Horror Movies to Watch With Your Sensitive Butch Date

It’s officially October, which means it’s time to break out the horror movies. Here are a few suggestions to win over your summer crush that will be gone by spring.

danijanae October 23, 2019 19 Comments
Halloween Playlists

Two Spooky Playlists For ALL Your Gay Halloween Music Needs

Some people just want a nice casual playlist for their Halloween party! So, I decided to split all of the song spooky suggestions into two playlists.

Abbie Jones October 18, 2019 35 Comments
Halloween

8 Lightly Murderous Mythological Ladies to Dress as This Halloween

Why wear just one costume when October lasts an entire month? Halloween is for the queers, own it.

Siobhan October 17, 2019 16 Comments
Halloween

10 Halloween Costume Ideas For Queer Couples and Throuples

Let’s remind the world that queerdos own the witching hour with creative, utterly adorable couples and throuples costumes.

Ro White October 14, 2019 40 Comments
Book Lists Halloween

8 Queer Halloween Reads for Your Gay Spooky Needs

Here are 8 queer books appropriate for the Halloween season, from the genuinely terrifying to funny and lightly macabre.

Casey October 8, 2019 14 Comments
Halloween

15 Spooky Lesbian and Bisexual TV Characters to Prepare Your Heart for Halloween

October is upon us, which means it us our duty, as gays, to celebrate all entire 31 days of Halloween.

Heather Hogan October 3, 2019 10 Comments
Halloween

Happy Halloween 20GAYTEEN, Here’s Your Community Costume Photo Gallery

Happy Halloween! Y’all impress me with your costumes every year and 20gayteen is no exception.

Vanessa October 31, 2018 53 Comments
Halloween

15 Times Your Favorite TV Characters Dressed as Your Favorite Feminist Icons for Halloween

Nakias and Supergirls and Wonder Women, oh my!

Heather Hogan October 31, 2018 7 Comments
Halloween Straddleverse

FRIDAY OPEN THREAD: Tell Me Your Spookiest Stories!

It’s the Friday before Halloween and I want to know your spookiest stories!! ??

Ari October 26, 2018 50 Comments
Halloween

10 Halloween Couples Costume Ideas For You and My Dog

What if you’re a eucalyptus tree and your dog is a baby koala! Wouldn’t that be cute?

Riese October 22, 2018 25 Comments
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Halloween LGBTQ+ Businesses Sponsored

Do The Monster Mash: Binder Halloween Costumes with GC2B

gc2b grabbed some fabulous models and used their binders to create Halloween costumes on a budget using items you can find at a craft store, your local Halloween pop-up, and your own closet! This is for every queer who’s ever wanted to prance or parade around in their binder in public without putting a shirt over it.

A.E. Osworth October 19, 2018 22 Comments
Community Halloween

Halloween Is the Holiday of Our People, Submit Photos for Our Community Costume Gallery

Send me photos of yourself in costume! Send me photos of your pet in costume! I’m making us a family photo album and I need your help!

Vanessa October 12, 2018 5 Comments
Halloween

Throw the Ultimate Queer Halloween Party!

Whether you’re a seasoned monster masher looking for new ideas or hoping to throw your first Halloween bash, there’s something in these three detailed party planning prompts for everyone.

Sam Wall October 12, 2018 6 Comments
Halloween

55 Fictional Witches, Ranked by Lesbianism

Once I saw Heather Hogan stop a man who had been calling her “doll” in his tracks by asking him “What’s your name, buddy?” and that’s the same energy as Endora refusing to remember Darrin’s name correctly.

Rachel October 5, 2018 107 Comments
Halloween

Halloween Is for Fanficking

A night to level the scales.

Erin October 2, 2018 38 Comments
Community Halloween

Community Photo Gallery: You All Looked So Good On Halloween

This community gallery is filled with 200+ photos of you queerdos looking very spooky, very sexy, very gay, and all around very, very good!

Vanessa November 6, 2017 54 Comments
Community Halloween

Did You Dress Up This Halloween? Send Us Photos For A Community Gallery!

Did you dress up for Halloween this year? Send me a picture of yourself in costume so I can put together the family photo album of our queer dress up dreams!

Vanessa October 31, 2017 15 Comments
Halloween

Roundtable: Our Spookiest Real Ghost Stories

Turn on all the lights in the house and come read about the Winchester Mystery House, haunted cabins, songs playing from beyond the veil, and our deeply unsurprising number of experiences with ghost cats.

the team October 23, 2017 51 Comments
Halloween

This Queer House, Vol 7: Halloween Decorations on a Budget

Get ready to get spooky.

Jenna October 20, 2017 6 Comments
Halloween Straddleverse

FRIDAY OPEN THREAD: ‘Tis the Season to Be Spooky

It’s Friday, the week is winding down and we’re headed into one of the most important times of the gay holiday calendar: the weekend closest to Halloween.

Rachel October 20, 2017 58 Comments
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