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8 Reasons Why Halloween is the Gayest Holiday of All

Writer's picture: Ian TimbrellIan Timbrell

Move over Pride Month—there’s a new contender for the gayest holiday on the calendar. Halloween may be spooky, but it’s also fabulously flamboyant, unapologetically over-the-top, and dripping in drama. When else do we get to mix costumes, camp, glitter, and a good bit of unnecessary but necessary drama? Exactly. Here’s why Halloween, without a doubt, is the gayest holiday of all.


1. Costumes, Darling, Costumes

Halloween is all about the look, and the LGBTQ+ community knows how to turn a look like no one else. We don’t just dress as a “witch” or a “cat.” Oh no, we’re serving “Haunted Couture Witch of the West” and “Fierce Panther with a Side of Sequins.” And if there’s an opportunity to make it a sexy look, you bet we’re on it. Sexy broccoli? Sexy traffic cone? Sexy slice of toast? It’s the commitment that counts.


Point Proven: Halloween is the Met Gala for the rest of us.


2. Drag Queens Rule Halloween

Drag queens are the rightful queens of Halloween. While others struggle with wig application and false lashes, drag queens have it down to a spooky science. Their costumes are out-of-this-world fabulous, blending horror, humour, and enough contour to summon a ghost. If your Halloween party doesn’t feature at least one person lip-syncing in a full glitter mummy outfit, you’re missing out.


Point Proven: Halloween is basically Drag Race with skeletons.


3. Glitter is Everywhere and It’s Beautiful

Every queer person knows glitter is an essential resource, like air or Wi-Fi. Halloween just gives us permission to throw it everywhere. From glitter vampire blood to sparkly ghost capes, we finally get to live our best sparkly lives without anyone asking, “Is that too much?” (Answer: It’s never too much.)


Point Proven: There is no such thing as “too much” glitter on Halloween. Or in life.


4. “Queer” and “Halloween” = Reclaiming the Creepy

Halloween is all about the other, the misunderstood, and the rejected. Sound familiar? LGBTQ+ folks have spent plenty of time being labelled as “other,” so the “creepy and different” vibe of Halloween feels like home. Frankenstein’s monster, witches, ghosts—they’re all about being fabulous misfits, which makes them instant queer icons.


Point Proven: If Dracula can be fabulous in a cape, so can we.


5. Drama. So. Much. Drama.

Let’s be real—Halloween thrives on drama, and so do we. There’s the drama of the costumes, the over-the-top decorations, and every friendship group’s annual debate on who’s copying whose look. Add a fog machine, some spooky music, and an intense “Lip Sync for Your Life (and Death)” contest, and you’ve got a holiday that’s as dramatic as a soap opera wedding.


Point Proven: Halloween is like an Oscar-winning performance, but with way more capes.


6. Queer Icons Galore

Halloween gives us an excuse to pay homage to the queer icons we love—Madonna, Bowie, Cher, Freddie Mercury, RuPaul, Lady Gaga, and more. And these icons? They knew exactly how to blend the weird, the wonderful, and the way out there. Halloween without a few over-the-top LGBTQ+ icons just wouldn’t feel complete.


Point Proven: If Cher’s outfits count as Halloween costumes, we’re in.


7. Drag Brunches… but Spookier

Halloween has taken the concept of brunch, added a splash of camp horror, and turned it into a fabulous tradition. Drag Halloween brunches, where ghoulish glam queens serve looks, are everything we never knew we needed. Watching a vampire in seven-inch heels lip-sync to “Monster” while eating pancakes? Yes, please.


Point Proven: Drag brunches are perfect, but add Halloween and you get pure magic.


8. The Real Spirit of Halloween Is… Acceptance

Under all the fake blood and cobwebs, Halloween is about finding acceptance among the freaks and the fabulous. It’s a holiday where everyone—no matter how spooky, kooky, or downright camp—is welcomed with open arms. Halloween tells us it’s okay to be different, and the LGBTQ+ community has been celebrating that same message for decades.


Final Point Proven: Halloween isn’t just the gayest holiday; it’s the most inclusive, wild, and unapologetic one too.


So next time someone asks, “Isn’t Halloween just for kids?” kindly hand them a sequinned cape, a fog machine, and an extra-large bottle of glitter, and remind them: Halloween is a safe, spooky, sparkly haven for everyone. And no one does it better than the LGBTQ+ community.


Disclaimer: This article is all in good fun—please don’t take it too seriously! We know every holiday has its charm, but Halloween just happens to come with glitter, drama, and costumes galore. So, whether you’re celebrating with a full vampire cape or just eating too many sweets, let’s keep it light-hearted and fabulous. Happy Halloween!

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