‘I hate gay Halloween parties’: The best and most niche meme costumes of 2023

For Halloween 2023, nobody was messing about. Gone were ghouls, goblins, spirits and dead things and in were the most niche, meme costumes imaginable. Twitter and TikTok gays are leading the way when it comes to viral costumes that sum up the year’s best pop culture references and I wouldn’t have it any other way. “I hate gay Halloween parties what do you mean you’re-” followed by a variety of chaos filled my Twitter and TikTok, so here’s a comprehensive rundown of the most unmissable meme costumes from 2023.

1. Big Miss Steak – I am crying

I hate gay Halloween parties what do you mean you’re big miss steak pic.twitter.com/mbrWyjDMMR

— Mark Glasgow Illustration (@MGlasgowGoods) October 29, 2023

2. Niche RuPaul costumes are god tier

I hate gay halloween parties. What do you mean you’re RuPaul in the Weakest Link 2001? pic.twitter.com/xwJjARDlFR

— chaotic virgo ♍️💜🇵🇸 (@geogayphy) October 28, 2023

3. Release Bottoms in UK cinemas immediately

I hate gay Halloween, what do you mean you’re the lockers from Bottoms (2023) pic.twitter.com/dk6RVR08Wg

— esl (@em8lee) October 29, 2023

4. I love and cherish the TikTok Fast Car lesbian

i hate gay halloween parties it’s like what do you mean you’re the fast car lesbian from tiktok pic.twitter.com/aQ39Upg5R7

— julia carmel (beefy baby) (@julcarm) October 29, 2023

5. The layers of this must be studied

I hate gay people at Halloween because what the do you mean you're going as…….. a swan(?) wearing a björk dress(?) who is also wearing a swan dress? idek… pic.twitter.com/fGh2hhsFKU

— mateo🫀 (@melofknblonde) October 29, 2023

6. Alright.. Who’s got my Maroon 5 CD? It’s gone missing!

I hate gay Halloween parties. What do you mean you're the Wellards from The Story of Tracy Beaker?@abbeywrigley_ pic.twitter.com/jdEiZuJVcN

— Aunt Aoife  (@OhBabyLetMegIn) October 29, 2023

7. The Kerry saga will never end

I hate gay Halloween parties what do you mean you’ve come as Kerry from #BBUK as Paddy from Emmerdale if he was wearing a wig dressed as Kerry from Big Brother?! pic.twitter.com/incj10dsZL

— bally singh (@putasinghonit) October 29, 2023

8. This is actually the best one how did the wig get acquired so fast

I hate gay Halloween parties what do you mean you’re Yinrun in the bigwig challenge pic.twitter.com/ZxXGZuvI9G

— Courtney Cox Coquette (@MonopolyPhonic) October 27, 2023

9. Not Shiv Roy in 3 x 8 hahahaha

i hate gay people at halloween what do you mean you're going as shiv roy in 3×08 pic.twitter.com/LMSevMqVjY

— 💭 (@shivroythinker) October 29, 2023

10. I love nonsense and love being gay… The meme Halloween costumes of 2023 are next level

I hate gay people at Halloween what the fuck do you mean you're going as Theresa May crying in her car https://t.co/NWKHXZAfRH

— D 🫀 N I E L (@GayAndEvil) October 28, 2023

11. I have to stan the problematic confidence activist

https://twitter.com/velourjock/status/1718633548100342035?s=20

12. One of the best videos of all time

Nobody opens the dooooor, for a native New Yorker 👄 pic.twitter.com/JMPJPTmL98

— Josh (@josh_hops) October 28, 2023

13. Oh no not that…

I hate gay Halloween parties what do you mean you’re Bob the Drag Queen and Peppermint on IG Live “oh the fracking? No, no, not that?” pic.twitter.com/9iL44ipN5L

— Javy Rodriguez (@javyxrodriguez) October 29, 2023

14. Actually kind of gobbled

I hate gay Halloween parties. What do you mean you’re Swedish pop icon Robyn from her “Call Your Girlfriend” music video. pic.twitter.com/pA7p2ynRDU

— Bimini Bombachas (@Leoneon84) October 29, 2023

15. The Laughing Cow is a gay icon

him: you better not be a cunty The Laughing Cow when i get there

me: pic.twitter.com/c9eFixPYoJ

— jacques (@flamencolambada) October 27, 2023

16. What do you mean you’re Idina Menzel promoting Beast?

@monopolyphonic

#idinamenzel #idinamenzelbeast #idinamenzeldramatic #idinamenzeledit #idinamenzelsupremacy @Idina Menzel

♬ Beast (Part 4) – Idina Menzel

17. Not that stupid Beyonce wig I can’t

@seanbgoneill_

#beyonce

♬ original sound – Promyse

18. Love love love the song Who’s That Chick, love that kind of, uh, stuff

@angeltwink404

Happy (almost) halloweekend #dragrace #rupaulsdragrace #whosthatchick #fyp

♬ original sound – Louis Hanson

19. Gemma, that’s quite dramatic

@joshumph

I’d give my SPLEEN for Claudia Winkleman’s hair #claudiawinkleman #halloween #fyp

♬ original sound – josh

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