I hate gay halloween meme
'I hate gay Halloween' explained: How queer people are making the holiday their own
In gay world, Halloween is the one late hours a year when "chronically online" people can dress as a ghost, cowboy or fashion designer Queen of Melrose explaining how her grandmother converted from Catholicism to Jehovah's Witnesses at a dysfunctional family dinner.
In the internet's latest trend, people are representing off their hyper-specific Halloween costumes of niche pop culture references. These elaborate outfits honor a extensive range of material including viral memes, song lyrics, reality TV scenes, public figure interviews, AI generated images and objects in films. There are truly no limits.
On X, formerly Twitter, posts open with the same signature phrase, "I hate gay Halloween, what do you mean you're" followed by the description of the costume, a photo of the costume and a reference. Accepted examples include Beyoncé’s horses, the tired DW meme from the cartoon "Arthur" and the tennis ball from the movie "Challengers."
For Dylan Guerra, a 30-year-old New York based journalist and director, finding the perfect costume to wear to his friend's homosexual costume party is a mission.
His initial concept, fusin
I'm Convinced These 32 Costumes Are The Best This Year Even If You Hate Gay Halloween
The "I hate queer Halloween" meme is THE meme of this Halloween season. As we've said in a previous roundup, "Gay Halloween" is essentially when gay people dress as the most absurd and random references.
Here are the best costumes from this year (so far):
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Twitter: @gabebergado
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I detest gay Halloween, what do you indicate you’re Shaggy when he drank the potion and magically transitioned in Scooby Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed? pic.twitter.com/36W0eWCZHR
— BUCKstopher Jones 🫡 (@chrisfrostwho) October 28, 2024
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Is it your polyester Dorothy from The Wizard of Oz costume purchased from your local Liveliness Halloween pop-up store? Nope, insert that back. You can exit the recycled Disney princess dresses from years past at the bottom of your hamper, too, because we’re taking something else out of the closet this year …
Gone are the days of trying to look excellent in a sl*tty costume version of your favorite movie nature as we pave the way to normalize wearing a auto passenger seat inspired by Chappell Roan’s song “Casual” — finalize with a seatbelt — or dressing as the tennis ball from the homoerotic Zendaya blockbuster Challengers (2024) that made us nauseous in the final fit scene.
The “gay Halloween” trend is a series of posts representing off unconventional and off-beat pop-culture costumes that — let’s be real — could only be found at a queer Halloween party. Along with a photo of their “gay” costumes, observers of the new unofficial holiday are sharing the short caption: “I hate gay Halloween. What do you mean you’re dressed as ____?”
More often than not, these outfits are ingenious references to discarded, niche, and hyper-specific camp and pop-culture moments
Forget witch and vampire costumes—this Halloween, the LGBTQ+ community is celebrating the spooky season with a viral meme dubbed, "I Hate Queer Halloween".
While Halloween celebrators traditionally sport scary outfits, the group is embracing obscure pop culture moments and sharing these looks across social media. Costumes range from Lana Del Rey's recent wedding to an alligator tour guide, to tributes to pop queen Chappell Roan's lyrics.
Riani Kenyon, an anthropologist and behavioral analyst at Canvas8 brand consultancy, explained the phenomenon to Newsweek
"This year's 'I Hate Gay Halloween' meme, where people joke about the wildly specific costumes, highlights the amusing of 'getting the reference.' The statement has gone viral, with participants humorously bemoaning their dedication to costumes that only others 'extremely online' might recognize.
"Yet, this tongue-in-cheek approach to Halloween celebrates queer culture's inclusivity, making space for everyone—no matter how niche or unconventional the reference," she explained.
Here's a roundup of the top viral costumes from social media:
Motti (@motticomedy), a Brooklyn-based journalist, shared a glance referencin