Ru Paul
Posted on 06/12/2012 5:58:25 PM PDT by PittsburghAfterDark
Sharon Needles, the spooky drag queen who vaulted to national cult celebrity as the winner of Season 4 of "RuPaul's Drag Race," was presented with an official proclamation declaring today "Sharon Needles Day in Pittsburgh" at a City Council meeting this morning. "This is a city of champions in many regards," Councilman Patrick Dowd said, mentioning the Steelers and first-place Pirates. "We have a real champion in the room today."
Mr. Dowd praised the Bloomfield resident for her fearlessness as an artist and for speaking out against bullying of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender youth. "A win for Sharon Needles is a win for every single kid in this city who's still being bullied," Ms. Needles said.
In front of a crowd of about 60 people outside the City-County Building, Ms. Needles, dressed in a blond wig and long black dress, dedicated the day to children who have been judged on the basis of their race, appearance, or sexuality.
"I just want to say happy Halloween to everyone in the room," she said. "It's humbling and almost embarrassing to have my favorite city in the world recognize what I do for a living."
She performed the song "Sweet Transvestite" from "The Rocky Horror Picture Show," changing the lyrics to highlight her Pittsburgh roots.
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They really like Pittsburgh and have held their national convention here for several years in a row.
I was just wondering that this weekend. After seeing all the “pride” BS downtown, I wondered when the Furries will drop by to assault us some more.
You couldn’t pay me to live downtown.
Ru Paul
Consider the adoring looks on the faces of our City Council “leaders.”
Earlier in the week, they shut down Liberty Avenue for some Gay Pride dance routine... heard/saw it from my window in the Chamber of Commerce Building... The Furries will be here this weekend. The staff at the hotels get PO’d because these fruitloops actually bring (and use) their own litter boxes for their hotel rooms.
Gross.....I had heard about the litter box thing but wondered if that was true! Oh barf!!!
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