Did you know that Halloween is also known as the Gay Christmas? Here is a blog expla why this is important for the LGBTIQ+ muny.
Contents:
- WHY HALLOWEEN IS 'GAY CHRISTMAS' TO MANY LGBTQ AMERINS
- GAY CHRISTMAS: THE QUEER HISTORY OF HALLOWEEN
- WHY HALLOWEEN IS A.K.A. “GAY CHRISTMAS”
- WHY HALLOWEEN IS ‘GAY CHRISTMAS' TO MANY LGBTQ AMERINS
- HALLOWEEN, AKA GAY CHRISTMAS: A SPECIAL HOLIDAY FOR LGBTIQ+
- GAY PARTI & EVENTS
- WHY FOR SOME LGBT+ PEOPLE, HALLOWEEN IS THE GAY CHRISTMAS
- HALLOWEEN IS THE GAYT HOLIDAY — AND EVERYONE IS FALLY CATCHG UP
WHY HALLOWEEN IS 'GAY CHRISTMAS' TO MANY LGBTQ AMERINS
by Dt Woods Visnary Columnist Give me some wicked wch, slutty zombi, and lic queens. It is time for Halloween; known to the LGBTQ+ muny as Gay Christmas! * gay christmas halloween *
"Merrie cherryAn extravaganza of the supernatural, all thgs sweet and larger-than-life stum, many LGBTQ Amerins like Roberts hail Halloween as "gay Christmas. " But the ntemporary excement around the supernatural holiday has a long history wh the LGBTQ morn phrase "gay Christmas" actually stems om an earlier queer nickname for the holiday, "bch Christmas, " acrdg to Marc Ste, a profsor of history at San Francis State Universy, and thor of "Cy of Sisterly and Brotherly Lov.
"Durg the 1950s and '60s, Philalphia's LGBTQ muny celebrated "bch Christmas" by drsg up drag and partyg the cy's gay bars, Ste said. "Followg the wave of LGBTQ activism and visibily sparked by the 1969 Stonewall rts, more formal versns of queer Halloween celebratns began poppg up "gayborhoods" around the untry. " As a gay man, he scribed Halloween as one of the only tim a year growg up when he was not "ostracized or punished or cricized for havg the flamboyant, creative tennci.
There’s no gettg around — om outrageo makp and mp stum to unbridled self-exprsn, Halloween is undoubtedly gay.
GAY CHRISTMAS: THE QUEER HISTORY OF HALLOWEEN
* gay christmas halloween *
But while may seem obv today how the LGBTQ+ muny me to embrace what many have labeled “Gay Christmas, ” this distctn wasn’t so clear om the start.
WHY HALLOWEEN IS A.K.A. “GAY CHRISTMAS”
While San Francis had bee a gay haven durg the 1940s and 50s, the Castro remaed predomantly Irish Catholic. As fai started movg out to the suburbs, gay men moved , followg the gay bars and bs that had opened the area.
The once-children’s ftival found self morphg to a street party for the area’s gay populatn. Siar wild, queer Halloween celebratns arose the gay enclav of ci like Wt Hollywood, New York, and Key Wt.
WHY HALLOWEEN IS ‘GAY CHRISTMAS' TO MANY LGBTQ AMERINS
It’s no wonr, then, that Halloween’s gay inty has only bee stronger today, wh newer LGBTQ+ artists releasg spooky, Halloween-spired hs to aid this transformatn. The mixtape almost begs to be played at any and every party this Gay Christmas, wh s mpy vib, club ambience, and appearance of Elvira, mabre entertaer and horror hero of the gay muny.
In many ways, Turn Off the Light, is like the culmatn of a half-century long procs, a thartic embodiment of Halloween’s very gay history. It is time for Halloween; known to the LGBTQ+ muny as Gay Christmas!
It wouldn't surprise me if were a homosexual who started the trend of wearg stum and ratg to celebrate Halloween.
HALLOWEEN, AKA GAY CHRISTMAS: A SPECIAL HOLIDAY FOR LGBTIQ+
I know that bee I was a young gay who wore a drs to school on Halloween long before the current levels of acceptance had pervad society. That act to me as an outsir was one of extreme urage, but for that young gay boy wearg a drs to school, was an act of liberatn gettg him closer to beg out of the closet.
GAY PARTI & EVENTS
Copyright The Gayly. It reprents an important pot: the transn om Gay Christmas to Regular Christmas.
This is for those who have ever stopped to wonr why ’s lled Gay Christmas. Our gay events gui ntas a full round-up of the biggt and.
WHY FOR SOME LGBT+ PEOPLE, HALLOWEEN IS THE GAY CHRISTMAS
I was dog my typil TikTok scroll one day, and the sound of Jsi Lange's famo voice sayg, "That's what gays do! Even though Dty isn't known to speak tths about the "gays, " the latter part of her statement do rg te for a lot of people the LGBTQ+ muny.
HALLOWEEN IS THE GAYT HOLIDAY — AND EVERYONE IS FALLY CATCHG UP
But, for a lot of queer people, there's fely some accuracy to the notn that "Halloween is for the gays. In fact, 's known as "Gay Christmas" bee of how popular is for queer people.
A holiday wh no nnectn to relign is very attractive; mak sense to dub Halloween "the great gay holiday, " as lbian poet and thor Judy Grahn once lled .