Halloween is ‘gay Christmas’ for many in the LGBTQ community. This year, it has been canceled. (WaPo)

The Washington Post ^ | October 15, 2020 | Samantha Schmidt

[Salman]

This was going to be the year that Halloween fell on a Saturday.

For the weeks leading up to it, Chanel Devereaux, a drag queen and longtime host at Nellie’s Sports Bar in Washington, would have lined up performances across town. She would have sewn more than a dozen extravagant costumes for other drag queens and painted scores of friends’ faces for the long-running High Heel Race on 17th Street in Dupont Circle and the Miss Adams Morgan Pageant. The month of October alone would have brought in about a quarter of Devereaux’s annual income.

“Halloween is what I affectionately call the High Holy Days of drag,” Devereaux said.

But almost all of those plans have been called off because of the coronavirus pandemic. Devereaux had already lost more than 90 percent of her annual income, ever since the District halted live performances in restaurants and clubs. Now, the most important time of the year for drag performers is effectively canceled.

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[Salman]

Sodomites inconvenienced. What a tragedy. Because everything is all about sodomites.

[Mr Ramsbotham]

They do so love to dress up.

[dfwgator]

One good thing about the Rona, I’ve grown to loathe Halloween over the years.

[OttawaFreeper]

So why is Halloween in October instead of June (Pride Month)?

[Huskrrrr]

Having lived near the Castro District in San Francisco I can say this is one night you want to keep your kids inside.

[OttawaFreeper]

My other question is that this must mean Michael Myers is a gay icon/hero?

[JBW1949]

Well, bless their hearts.................

[Telepathic Intruder]

There’s a reason they’re called an abomination in the Bible. It’s not just their sexual perversion, but their spiritual one as well which makes them treat Halloween like some kind of Christmas. In the same sense, Satan serves as their replacement for God because the former is more appealing.

[Cowboy Bob]

Maybe Dr. Fauci will give them permission to celebrate?

[Jim W N]

Well Halloween has certainly gone from bad to horribly worse.

[KobraKai]

LGBTQ is a euphemism for Pedophile.

[Jeff Chandler]

You have to admit, Chanel Devereaux is a great name for a drag queen.

[gibsonguy]

Now I have another reason to hate Halloween

[dainbramaged]

Chanel Devereaux is a great name for a drag queen
There was a nude dancer at the Bush Company in Anchorage who called herself Lotta Goo. (So I was told)

[Da Coyote]

This is news?
Guess the press and gays cannot get over the fact that we really DO want to leave them alone. If they would only just get a room, STFU, and live their lives.

[albie]

Will giant penis statues in place of all the removed and destroyed statues of confederate leaders, Lincoln etc help any?

[cherry]

anything the gays revel in, I stay away....except Golden Girls....they can not steal that...

[tbw2]

I was in Lowe’s home improvement recently. A modest section of Halloween items, and they already had a 2000 square foot section of Christmas inflatables and Christmas trees.

[ronnie raygun]

Hard to tell Halloween and a normal day in the hood

[mass55th]

Liberals destroyed Halloween for kids. Back in the 50’s, it was my favorite time of the year. My mother used to take the four of us kids around the various streets in our neighborhood. We had a blast! I did the same thing with my kids when they were younger, and I always decorated for Halloween. Even now it’s a favorite time for me, with all the horror movies, and TV programs offered. I even like the baking programs that appear at this time of the year. I don’t think I’ve had a kid knock on my apartment door on Halloween for at least 18 years. I buy candy every year, but no one ever comes. Of course I buy my favorite candy, because I know that I probably won’t have to share it with anyone.