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  • Pittsburgh City Council Honors Drag Queen With Sharon Needles Day

    06/12/2012 5:58:25 PM PDT · by PittsburghAfterDark · 27 replies
    Pittsburgh Post-Gazette ^ | June 12, 2012 | Benjamin Mueller
    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...