In the event you’ve been looking at a dressing up for a tad too lengthy, making an attempt to determine what it may very well be, then the possibilities are you’ve had an in depth encounter with Homosexual Halloween.
What’s Homosexual Halloween, you ask? Effectively, we have now an explainer for the uninitiated, however in abstract, it’s a second, character, or factor that’s usually ignored and is now celebrated, giving a marginal factor foremost character remedy. I imply, what’s extra homosexual or queer than pushing that which is marginalized into the highlight? And this 12 months, mama, we bought your Homosexual Halloween tally going … and let’s simply say it’s serving … and by no means thoughts that queer New Yorkers are nonetheless shedding their minds at the truth that mayoral hopeful Zohran Mamdani spent Halloween weekend LGBTQ+ membership hopping to garner votes. It’s official… Homosexual Halloween is lit!
Lest we neglect that topical is the manna of Homosexual Halloween, and the Roman Catholic Pope’s election was smoking this 12 months:
And no, NO second is just too minor to conjure up an epic second:
I’m not even positive what to think about this, however I guess the YA writer can be happy with the mildew so long as it’s not trans:
Oh sure, what would Homosexual Halloween be with out its divas:
Or it’s Marx stans? This one is so 2025 it hurts:
And associated, that is what Trump and his klan assume is occurring in NYC:
After which there are the sketchy outfits:
After which some issues are tremendous tremendous particular:
Tyra is rooting for all of us, no query:
And this 12 months, folks had been serving our favourite C-word, and boy, it was something however a drag:
Sure, extra:
And life comes at your quick, however NYC Halloweeners are quicker:
And generally you put on the swan, and different instances the swan wears you … proper, Bjork? (I do know it’s an previous one, however I simply needed to resurface it as queer reminiscence work calls for it.)
Then there are issues that shouldn’t work however do … like this Indignant Fowl clock in VEEP?
Or the leaked picture of Scarlet Johansson turning right into a dinosaur:
So many individuals had been memes this 12 months, together with the Alpha Wolf ripping his shirt off:
The ducking smoking a blunt additionally made an look:
And popular culture moments that gained’t die, just like the time George W. Bush was shoed:
Otherwise you recreated John Lennon strolling:
Or the scorching man who maybe revealed one thing about himself he didn’t count on to on Jeopardy:
Or that notorious Coldplay live performance:
And this second isn’t just a glance however an schooling … take notes, sweeties:
South Park’s Randy Marsh as Lorde is a deep reduce, and it really works (or werks it):
And even Studio Ghibli co-founder Hayao Miyazaki isn’t secure from being reborn throughout Homosexual Halloween:
This winner this 12 months is the one that went out as Cynthia Erivo’s acrylic nail. I imply, we don’t perceive you, however will shield you in any respect value, as a result of that’s what Homosexual Halloween is about:

