Sharon Needles

Before launching his career in music, campy drag performer Sharon Needles appeared on the reality/competition television show RuPaul's Drag Race. Born Aaron Coady in Newton, Iowa, Needles faced anti-gay harassment in his hometown, but with a move to Pittsburgh in 2004, he became a living, breathing, and vogueing example of the It Gets Better project. Loving all things gothic and ghoulish, he launched the Haus of Haunt, a group that glitzed up Pittsburgh's nightclubs with their punky, campy, and scary revue. In 2011, he became a contestant on the fourth season of RuPaul's Drag ...