LGBT themes in horror fiction

LGBT themes in horror fiction refers to sexuality in horror fiction that can often focus on LGBTQ+ characters and themes within various forms of media. It may deal with characters who are coded as or who are openly LGBTQ+, or it may deal with themes or plots that are specific to gender and sexual minorities.

Part of a series on
Sex and sexuality in
speculative fiction
Main topics
  • Sex and sexuality
  • Gender
  • Women
  • Reproduction
Genres
LGBT themes
Recurring elements
  • Sex in space
  • Male pregnancy
  • Single-gender worlds
  • Lesbian vampires
  • Woman warriors
  • Gynoids
Awards and conventions
Other topics
  • Women in Refrigerators (website)
  • Sexuality in Star Trek

Depending on when it was made, it may contain open statements of gender variance, sexuality, same-sex sexual imagery, same-sex love or affection or simply a sensibility that has special meaning to LGBTQ+ people.

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