In gay world, Halloween is the one night a year when can dress as a ghost, cowboy or fashion designer explaining how her grandmother converted from Catholicism to Jehovah's Witnesses at a dysfunctional family dinner. In the internet's latest trend, people are showing off their hyper-specific costumes of niche pop culture references. These elaborate outfits honor a wide range of material including viral memes, song lyrics, reality TV scenes, celebrity 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. Popular examples include , the meme from the cartoon "Arthur" and the from the movie " .
" For Dylan Guerra, a 30-year-old a New York based writer and director, finding the perfect costume to wear to his friend's gay costume party is a mission. His initial concept, fusing Marvel's " " with " " contestant Amanda Kimmel, failed to come into fruition on time for his party. Instead, Guerra found a raggedy green wig in his closet that reminded him of the fiasco Willy Wonka experience in Scotland that went viral earlier this year.
And so he dressed as the female Oompa Loompa performer. I hate gay Halloween, what do you mean you’re the female Oompa Loompa from Glasgow’s “Willy’s Chocolate Experience”?? — dylan guerra (@DylanGGuerra) "What makes it rea.