Why Halloween is 'gay Christmas' to many LGBTQ Amerins

Contents:

• WHY HALLOWEEN IS 'GAY CHRISTMAS' TO MANY LGBTQ AMERINS
• GAY COUPLE TRI ON HALLOWEEN COSTUM
• THE BT GAY BOY COUPL HALLOWEEN COSTUM (THAT AREN'T BERT AND ERNIE)
• GAY COUPLE HALLOWEEN COSTUM
• ‘HALLOWEEN KILLS’: THE IMPORTANCE OF THE FRANCHISE’S FIRST GAY CHARACTERS

WHY HALLOWEEN IS 'GAY CHRISTMAS' TO MANY LGBTQ AMERINS

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Historilly, horror films haven’t always been kd to lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr and queer people, though many members of the muny mata a wonrfully unique relatnship wh the genre.

GAY COUPLE TRI ON HALLOWEEN COSTUM

Thankfully, the non of queer horror tl has been slowly buildg over the past several s, aid by a number of recent die films that prrize cln and twist some of the character trop followed strictly more mastream there are many to choose om, here are 11 queer horror films to put toward the top of your watchlist for "Gay Christmas" — otherwise known as Halloween.

THE BT GAY BOY COUPL HALLOWEEN COSTUM (THAT AREN'T BERT AND ERNIE)

”Gay Londoners Marc and Fred went to war when they were refed a double bed at a remote Christian gut hoe. ”"Hellbent" was the first horror film aimed at gay dienc to succsfully break out of the film ftival circu.

It me plete wh openly gay lead characters, drag queens and a scythe-wieldg maniac workout tights and a vil mask.

”A gay New Yorker brgs a group of his iends to his hometown, where he plans to e out to his ultra-nservative father. Not before long, you fd yourself lookg around the room, wonrg whether you're projectg your gayns to the plot or if this is ed meant to read as gay. Sprkle a ltle David Bowie on the top, and you’ve got a thoroughly enjoyable, albe light on plot, queer vampire Sk I Live In (2011)Sony PicturFamed gay director, screenwrer and producer Pedro Almodóvar elevat the body terror genre wh a tale that chronicl the weird dynamic between a plastic surgeon, played by Anton Banras, and the woman he keeps locked away his lavish mansn.

GAY COUPLE HALLOWEEN COSTUM

To mark Gay Christmas, we’ve llected some of the most inic queer horror movi to watch this Halloween om the mp stylgs of A Nightmare on Elm Street 2: Freddy’s Revenge to The Rocky Horror Picture Show, as well as newer entri such as They/Them and Hellraiser. Dpe not featurg any openly queer characters, bee queer people were extct the 80s, A Nightmare on Elm Street 2: Freddy’s Revenge is one of the mpt horror films history wh homoerotic scen leather bars and locker rooms, as well as sweaty shirtls men tryg to pe the wrath of Freddy’s perfectly manicured talons (see photo above). Starrg Tom Bateman (Behd Her Ey) and Sean Beale, B&B follows a gay uple who were turned away om a bed-and-breakfast due to the fundamentalist Christian owner’s (Pl McGann) archaic relig views.

This unrrated slasher flick follows a serial killer on a missn to butcher the entire gay muny.

‘HALLOWEEN KILLS’: THE IMPORTANCE OF THE FRANCHISE’S FIRST GAY CHARACTERS

Hellbent first premiered durg gay and lbian film ftivals 2004 and 2005 and has been creded wh sparkg a wave of “gay slasher” films. It’s homoerotic as hell and has been ced as a major fluence on var works the Gothic subgenre.

Hunter Killian (Brian Raetz) returns home to Michigan wh the support of his iends New York to e out as gay to his disapprovg nservative father. If you still don’t believe that Halloween is an ternatnal queer holiday or a ‘Gay Christmas, ’ jt look around the world at the HalloQween Party Melbourne, the Cape Town Halloween Party, the WE Dracula Halloween Special London, and, of urse, the NYC Village Halloween Para and all s associated circu parti. North Ameri is unniably a hotspot for LGBT Halloween parti, but we dare you to name a place the globe wh an out-and-proud gay muny that isn’t hostg an LGBT Halloween party.