Gay couples costumes 2022
Every year, my wife and I have a goal of locking in our Halloween costumes in August — September 1 at the LATEST. This year, we changed our minds a adj times, but we finally settled on a good one. If you’re still struggling to figure out what you and your love are going to be this year, fret not! I’ve got you covered with a bunch of lesbian Halloween couples costume ideas that are also easily to execute for all types of queer couples or can be adapted for throuples and polycules, too. You could also do these with a bestie rather than a partner. We’ve got options for the pop culturally inclined as skillfully as more conceptual options for the couples who get off on Halloween partygoers remarking on how clever their costumes are. I often like to strike a balance of BOTH: clever and pop culturally timely. I’m what they call a Halloween overachiever. Luckily, my wife is, too!
This article was originally written in October 2023 and has been updated with 2024 costume options.
Pop Culture Lesbian Halloween Couples Costumes
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30 Best Lesbian Couples Halloween Costumes To Steal The Show This Year
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Party City Top Gun Fighter Pilots
Whether you were a fan of the 1986 original or this summer’s epic sequel, you can both look smoking as a pair of fighter pilots. Welcome to the Danger Zone!
Be the internet’s most controversial (adorable?) yellow gremlins, no evil mastermind needed! (But, if you include a kid, there’s always room for a cute li'l Gru!)
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Robin and Steve From 'Stranger Things'
The besties from the '80s are at it again—and you and your partner could be, too! Dress as the duo’s most dapper selves in their trademark Scoops Ahoy outfits.
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Jobu Tupaki and Everything Bagel from 'Everything Everywhere All At Once'
If one of you wants to try your hand at elaborate costuming and makeup, strive recreating a Jobu Tupaki watch from any of the multiverses. And, if one of you just wants to put on a bagel costume, there’s that option, too. (Just be sure to add some ‘everything’
Top Ten Bad Couples Costumes
Costumes aren’t just for single peeps. If you’re in a relationship and invited to Halloween parties this time of year, then many will opt for the couples costume. This can even verb better if the party has a theme. It forces you both to get creative. There are also tried and factual couples costumes out there, as well. We are familiar with the horse costume where one person goes as the head and the other the tail. There are even others appreciate Sid Viscous and Nancy, Jack and Sally, Romeo and Juliet, and many other couples that you can mimic.
Unfortunately, there are hosts of bad costumes out there as well. We’re tricked into them because they observe cute, at first. And there are others that you wonder what were those two thinking when the chose that as their costume. It is those bad ideas that we will take a look at. Here is my Top Ten Awful Couples Costumes list to support you navigate away from them. When in doubt, use your creativity and stay away from these bad ideas waiting to happen.
Tiger King and Carole Baskin
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8 Super Cute LGBTQ Couples Costumes That'll Slay Halloween 2018
Yorkie and Kelly from San Junipero
We'd ideally like to just MOVE to San Junipero, but dressing up as Yorkie and Kelly is basically the same thing, right?
Cosmo and Wanda
Timmy is an average kid that no one understands, but Cosmo and Wanda are officially gay icons now after being transformed into THIS couples costume.
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Poussey and Soso
This fan-fave Orange is the New Dark couple is too adorable not to include on your Halloween bucket list-- plus the costumes would be pretty comfortable and easy: just some gray sweats and beige scrubs.
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Elena and Syd
One Day At a Hour is already an iconic LGBTQ show, and its star couple would be easy to emulate this year.
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Oscar and Gil
While everyone is dressing up as The Office's power couple Jim and Pam, focus on the true MVPs: Oscar and Gil, duh.
Megan is a freelance writer who specializes in E-Co