About

I Hate Gay Halloween refers to a catchphrase and phrasal template meme that began making a yearly resurgence in late October in the 2020s. The trend shows LGBTQ+ internet users making jokes about how they "Hate Gay Halloween," followed by an example of a niche or obscure costume that would most likely only land with another gay person. Such tweets typically followed the phrasal template, "I hate gay Halloween, what do you mean you're dressed as X."

Origin

Jokes about "Gay Halloween" costumes being absurdly niche have been a longstanding tradition on Twitter / X, with X^[1] user @yaesohn posting an early precursor to the meme on October 30th, 2022, writing, "Gay Halloween costumes are like 'oh this? I'm the scarf Mira Sorvino folded at the end of Romy and Michelle,'" gathering over 8,000 likes in two years.

However, the earliest known post about "hating" "gay Halloween" was likely an October 25th, 2023, post by X user @beefyfridgers^[2] that read, "hate going to gay halloween parties like what do you mean you’re lady gaga at the 2:53 mark of the judas music video." The post gathered over 34,000 likes in a year.

Spread

More internet users shared posts about their niche Halloween costumes in 2024, with X^[3] user @gabebergado tweeting, "I hate gay halloween parties it’s like what do you mean you’re the last gasp challenge from survivor," on October 27th, 2023, and gathering over 12,000 likes in a year.

On October 28th, Tumblr^[4] user @muffinpines made a post that read, "I hate gay Halloween parties it’s like what do you mean you’re zendaya 'mhm mhm let me not forget my big hat'" The post gathered over 11,000 likes in a year.

The trend made a comeback in October 2024, as seen in an October 19th, 2024, tweet in which X^[5] user @samcorb wrote, "I hate gay Halloween parties, what do you mean you’re Liev Schrieber, your husband is an enormous jar of vodka sauce, and your third is a mop." The post gathered over 6,000 likes in a week.

On October 23rd, 2024, X^[6] user @filemyrph made a post in reference to Brittany Broski being pushed at a concert, gathering over 100,000 likes in two days.

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