By Chris Azzopardi | photos courtesy of Cassandra Peterson. Cassandra Peterson, famously known as pop culture Halloween icon Elvira, isn’t scared anymore — at least not when it comes to saying that, yes, she’s a member of the LGBTQ+ community. Peterson came out in September in her new tell-all book, “ Yours Cruelly, Elvira: Memoirs of the Mistress of the Dark,” where she writes about.