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 few 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 well 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
Lou and Jackie (Love Lies Bleeding)
Your best bet here would be to raid a thrift store for 80s clothes or DIY your own muscle tee. Throw some fake blood on the muscle tee if you’re channeling the latter half of the movie. Little details like a pair of dumbbells or Jackie’s retro walkman would also be good to throw in. Make sure you find a pickup truck to do a photoshoot with at some point!!
Kate and Tyler or Kate and Tornado (Twisters)
Try and tell me these two aren’t giving dyke!!!! “Kate and Tyler” literally sounds like the names of a dyke couple!!!! One of you just needs to go full goofy cowboy as Tyler, the other lil weather nerd for Kate. But we also know Kate’s only true love in life is twisters, so one of you could be Kate and one of you could be a tornado if you want to go a more clever route.
Two Chappell Roans
Photo by Marleen Moise/Getty Images
There are SO MANY Chappell Roan looks to choose from. I’d be obsessed if I saw two femme lesbians, both dressed as different iterations of Chappell Roan, making out. I feel in my heart that Chappell would be obsessed, too.
WNBA Wives
Specifically, engaged cuties Alyssa Thomas and DeWanna Bonner would make excellent inspiration for this occasion. But pick a couple, any couple!
Jamie and Marian (Drive-Away Dolls)
Lucky for you, I’ve already made style guides for both characters (Jamie; Marian), so just hit the thrift store and maybe assemble a suitcase full of dildos.
Patrick/Art/Tashi (Challengers)
This one’s for my throuples! Turn to my tenniscore fashion guide for some inspo.
Lydia and Betelgeuse (Beetlejuice Beetlejuice)
I have a feeling we’re going to see a lot of straights attempt Beetlejuice Beetlejuice costumes this Halloween, and I just think the gays will do it better.
Two Regina Georges, from Mean Girls (2004) and Mean Girls (2024)
Dyke-alike Regina Georges!!!!
Billie Eilish and Lunch
Photo by Arturo Holmes/Getty Images for ABA
We are getting into some conceptual territory here, because sure, how does one dress as “lunch” exactly? I think you could dress as a sandwich or, apparently, ready-made Lunchables costumes are a thing that exist. If you’re feeling lazy, you can just carry a lunch bag or write lunch on a shirt. I understand that not everyone is a Halloween overachiever, and that is fine and valid!!!!
Taissa and Van (Yellowjackets)
Last year, I wrote you a full guide for how to do a DIY Yellowjackets costume with an emphasis on group costume options. But going as these cannibal lovebirds would be so cute…in a creepy way! Whoever is Taissa should definitely use makeup to create the effect of dirt on your mouth. If you decide to do adult versions of the characters, Taissa can carry a prop heart meant to be Biscuit’s (RIP Biscuit), and Van can carry VHS copies of cult classic 90s films.
Nandor and Guillermo (What We Do in the Shadows)
This might not be an obvious lesbian couples costume, but lemme tell ya, my wife and I rocked the hell out of it two Halloweens ago. Kristen went as Nandor, and I went as the vampire slayer version of Guillermo. We made the dog be “creepy paper,” a joke from the pilot that has never stopped making me laugh. I repurposed a vampire stake from a Buffy costume (obvs Faith/Buffy are another classic lesbian halloween couples costume choice) and got the rest of my look from a thrift store. Kristen priced up for the realistic-looking vampire fangs, which I definitely recommend doing. I also maybe look like Milo in Atlantis: The Lost Empire? Which would be a good lesbian costume as well.
Scroll through our pics for more inspo:
Dr. Ellie Sattler and a T-Rex (Jurassic Park)
Original recipe Jurassic Park never goes out of style. This is what my wife and I did last year, and we ended up winning a costume contest. I thrifted all of the components of Laura Dern’s iconic (and very lesbian) look in Jurassic Park. Kristen got an official licensed Jurassic World dino mask from Target that ROARS when you open your mouth. We think it might be made for children, but it fits both of our heads. She got dino claws as well. I feel like this is a low effort, high payoff couples costume route, especially because Dr. Ellie Sattler is a root for so many dykes. As an alternative, I feel like a hot gay couple could pull off Ellie and Malcolm really well. Even though they’re not a couple in the movie, Jeff Goldblum’s looks are just so dykey. I literally own everything he wears.
Max and Esther or Carson and Greta (A League of Their Own)
Once again, I’ve got you covered with a comprehensive DIY A League of Their Own costume guide. I’ve also made specific style guides for Max, Carson, and Greta if you need more inspiration. You can’t go wrong with dressing as either of these couples! It’d be so cute! And if you want to add an extra layer, go as “undead” versions of the characters to call attention to the unfortunate fact that the series was unceremoniously axed. 😞
Villanelle and Eve (Killing Eve)
Sandra Oh as Eve Polastri, Jodie Comer as Villanelle – Killing Eve _ Season 2, Episode 5 – Photo Credit: Robert Viglasky/BBCAmerica
Nothing says Halloween romance like going as a psychopathic assassin and the woman obsessed with bringing her down and/or kissing her on the mouth. Eve is an especially good costume for my fellow babes with long, dark curly hair. And if you really want to go all out as Villanelle, you’ve gotta do the pink dress or something similar.
Sophie and Bee (Bodies Bodies Bodies)
It’d be pretty easy to do these as a last minute costume after one trip to a thrift store. Whoever is Bee definitely needs a crossbody phone strap. And you should be the versions of these characters at movie’s end (AKA covered in blood and dirt). Also, while they’re not a couple like these two, I think it’d be a really fun lesbian couples costume to go as Pete Davidson’s character David and Rachel Sennott’s character Alice. The David would get to wear a pink shorts sweatsuit like the one David dies in and wield a champagne bottle and fake sword. The Alice would get to wear glow stick necklaces and a crocheted crop top. Honestly, two VERY lez looks. I’ve been keeping this one in my back pocket for my wife and I to do, but I honestly want to wait until like five years post-Bodies Bodies Bodies coming out.
PJ and Josie (Bottoms)
Speaking of Rachel Sennott, I’m hoping to see AT LEAST a few Halloween costumes out in the wild paying homage to MY Sapphic movie of the year, Bottoms. Sure, they’re not a couple, but PJ and Josie as a duo RULE. We have a style guide for both characters for inspiration. And, of course, you’ve gotta have fake blood for this one. Lean into the fight club of it all.
Pinhead and a Cenobite (Hellraiser)
For my freaky gays! Sure, one of you could be Pinhead and one of you could be a human character, but I say go even harder on the depravity and disgusting details and channel everyone’s favorite sadomasochists from hell. These costumes would require a lot of work if you’re going full DIY, so this lesbian halloween couples costume is for the slightly more advanced couples who know their way around a glue gun, sewing machine, and prosthetic makeup. If you go this route, you’re legally obligated to show me a photo.
Mindy and Ghostface (Scream)
Going as an iconically gay scream queen and the Scream big bad themself would be sooooo good. Even though it’s not the exact Lavender Menace shirt Jasmin Savoy Brown wears in the most recent Scream movie, I think the Autostraddle version of the shirt would suffice. Pair it with her orange zip up hoodie, and throw some patches on it. Ghostface costumes, meanwhile, are easy to come by.
Billy and Stu (Scream)
While we’re talking Scream, I think we can all agree there’s something undeniable homoerotic about the first iterations of Ghostface: Billy and Stu. I can easily imagine a lesbian couple pulling off these looks. And as I keep saying in this list: Don’t forget the fake blood!
Jennifer and Needy (Jennifer’s Body)
The move here imo would be to go in the characters’ school dance looks. For Jennifer, that means the white gown covered in blood, with white long gloves. For Needy, that means a poofy pink dress. Either dress could easily be thrifted.
Velma and Daphne (Scooby Doo)
They’re a classic lesbian Halloween couples costume choice for a reason. Thrift the components of the costumes or buy ready-made ones in a pinch. And channel the steaminess of this Jenifer Prince print:
A femme4butch couple could alternatively do Daphne and Fred.
Morticia and Gomez (The Addams Family)
Again, I feel like this is a classic queer Halloween couples costume choice. And for good reason! They definitely read as a bi4bi couple, no?! A femme4femme couple could alternatively mix spooky universes and be Morticia and Elvira, who is canonically gay now that Cassandra Peterson has come out imo.
Betty and Veronica or Cheryl and Toni (Riverdale)
The best part of the final season of Riverdale? The fact that everyone turned out to be a little bit gay. Betty/Veronica became canon, and of course, our longtime lovebirds Cheryl and Toni got their maple syrupy sweet happy ending. Pay homage to the end of an era with sapphic Riverdale couples costumes.
Michael Myers and Freddy Krueger (Halloween and Nightmare on Elm Street)
This would be a good couples costume for dykes who appreciate things like the Horror Is So Gay series at Autostraddle. AKA, horror lovers with an appreciation for the Slashics, like the franchises each of these iconic villains hail from. Michael Myer’s signature jumpsuit is a v gay look, and haven’t most lesbians gone through a stripes and/or weird hat phase like Freddy?
Jess and Jules (Bend It Like Beckham)
I knew I had to have something for my sporty gays, and I’m sure there are plenty of gay athlete couples you could go as, but I’d be remiss not to shout out my personal favorite queer subtext movie of all time. Throw together some football kits and grab a ball. If you’re desi and have saris on hand, you can be the version of Jess wearing a sari for the family function.
Eleanor and Theo (The Haunting 1999)
Look, I just watched this 1999 remake of The Haunting — one of the various on-screen adaptations of The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson — and it was…so bad! Just a very bad movie! My girl Shirl was probably rolling in her grave! I’m very much partial to the 1963 film (and, of course, the Netflix series), but I won’t lie: Catherine Zeta Jones’ looks as campy bisexual Theo are pretty hot. Furs! Feathers! Knee-high boots! Perfect combination for a high femme/long haired butch or high femme/lazy femme duo.
Conceptual Lesbian Halloween Couples Costumes
Undead Lesbian TV Characters
Pretty straightforward! Just assemble a costume for a lesbian TV character who has died (there are so many to choose from…) and they slather on the Halloween makeup. I’d love to see an undead Jenny Schecter tbh. Take our quiz: Plan a Halloween Party and I’ll Tell You Which Ghost of a Queer TV Character Is Haunting You.
U-Haul Lesbians
This would be a good last-minute option, because you basically just need to grab some moving boxes (preferably U-Haul brand if you’re going for accuracy) and attach some suspender straps to them so you can wear them around you. Voila! U-Haul Lesbians!
Riot Ghouls
This came to me in the middle of the night, and I cannot stop laughing. It’s like riot grrrl but ghouls. GET IT? Basically just don your best punk looks, band shirts, heavy boots, etc. Perhaps you already have everything you need in your closet! Then add in the fake blood and Halloween makeup to make it spooky. BOOM. Riot Ghouls.
Femmeslashers
This is the slightly more punny take on the Michael Myers/Freddy Kreuger costume idea. Basically dress up as villanous characters from different slasher franchises, and if people ask, specify that you are FEMMESLASHERS. Anyone who gets the play on words is instant friendship material.
Final Gays
Same concept as above but you both dress up as final girls from different franchises! Like a Sidney Prescott/Laurie Strode combo.
Hit me with more hot Halloween ideas in the comments!
I do not have it in me this year (getting the toddler into her dino-hatching-from-an-egg costume will be enough work for the whole family), but Stede Bonnet + Blackbeard or Jim + Oluwande from OFMD would be excellent couples’ costumes!
i’m very curious about the dino hatching from an egg costume!
Omg ya this is a cute idea!
Sorry ken Barbie is butch femme only how the fuck is is going to work any other way pics please
What we do in the shadows costumes lookin sexy
Do love the idea of being a Final Gay.
Morticia and Gomez = bi4bi, so obvious, how did i not see it :-D
my partner and i are going as weird barbie and the human who made her that way lol
Wait that’s sooooo good
I hate to be pedantic, but Freddy Krueger is from A Nightmare on Elm Street, not Friday the 13th (Jason Vorhees is the supernatural killer in that series). Just a little mistake. Doesn’t diminish the costume suggestion.
omg this is especially embarrasing because i literally rewatched nightmare on elm street and nightmare 2: freddy’s revenge on the very day i wrote that blurb asdkjsjakd
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Pregnant queer couple costume ideas? Gotta do something with this absurd belly…
What about Moiraine and Siuan from Wheel of Time? I’m craving yards of fabric and power play.
A bit of a deep cut, but Helga Sinclair and Audrey Ramirez from Atlantis the Lost Empire. Did they interact meaningfully on screen? Maybe not. Are they both deeply queer-coded in their own ways? 100%, and I’m rolling with it.
Rio and Agatha Harkness incoming big time- i expect detailed recaps and ff slash.
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Thanks for calling out the 1963 The Haunting of Hill House, that one was so good the effects they were able to do were ahead of their time.
My one I’ve always wanted to do is Ivy and Harley, I even have the right hair for Ivy, but never found a costume that looks good on me.