It’s officially spooky season & TikTok is being overrun by gay witches. Let’s peer into the cauldron…
American Horror Story, the fall also beckons in the biggest gay holiday of the year: Halloween (a.k.a. Gay Christmas). It’s hard to imagine Halloween season without thinking about witches, and in honor of their time to shine, we’re channeling our inner Nancy from The Craft and taking a deep-dive into queer witches online to see exactly just what they’re up to.Whether you buy into their magical spells and rituals or not, there’s no denying that queer people have been enchanted witchcraft for decades.
Google #queerwitch and you’ll find thousands of Instagram posts, tweets, and even TikTok videos featuring LGBTQ+ witches engaging in their art.
In fact, according to a 2015 survey conducted by Pew Research Center, around twice as many queer adults as the general public say they identify as a member of a non-Christian faith group, including Wicca and paganism.Why?
At its core, witchcraft is rooted in healing, rebellion, and rituals: all things that are intertwined with LGBTQ+ culture. Just like the witches that were once persecuted for their powers, queer people also relate to being told our very existence is threatening to society.
