Arts & Entertainment
Sharon Needles recreates Kathy Griffin’s Trump severed head photo
the drag queen performed ‘Heads Will Roll’ by Yeah Yeah Yeahs
Sharon Needles channeled Kathy Griffin’s bloody Donald Trump photo shoot during a drag performance in Pittsburgh this week.
Needles dressed in a similar brown pants and blue shirt outfit that Griffin dons in the now infamous photo shoot. The performance included a lip-sync of “Heads Will Roll” by the Yeah Yeah Yeahs. The “severed” head used is reportedly an Owen Wilson mask with a Joan Rivers wig.
“It’s kind of mind boggling the levels to this story,” Needles told World of Wonder. “That a female comic in this day and age, who was a friend of Joan Rivers, and who was on ‘Celebrity Apprentice’ with our president, is subjected to this type of abuse. I mean if only Joan was still around. And the fact that we don’t hold our male politicians to the same standard as female comedians is shocking.”
Griffin’s photo shoot resulted in numerous stand-up comedy show cancellations and the loss of an endorsement deal with Squatty Potty. CNN also fired the comedian from co-hosting the network’s New Year’s Eve special with Anderson Cooper.
Watch the performance below.
The 2024 New York City Pride Parade wound through the streets of Manhattan and past the historic Stonewall Inn on Sunday, June 30.
(Washington Blade photos by Daniel Truitt)
The fourth annual Fredericksburg Pride march and festival was held at Riverfront Park in Fredericksburg, Va. on Saturday, June 29. The event began with a march around downtown Fredericksburg beginning and ending in the park.
(Washington Blade photos by Michael Key)
Covering Fredericksburg Pride for @WashBlade . City Council member @WillMackintosh speaking: pic.twitter.com/tDdVD2IVsM
— Michael Patrick Key (@MichaelKeyWB) June 29, 2024
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PHOTOS: Goodwin Living Pride
Senior living and healthcare organization holds fourth annual march at Falls Church campus
The senior living and healthcare organization Goodwin Living held its fourth annual community Pride march around its Bailey’s Crossroads campus in Falls Church, Va. with residents, friends and supporters on Tuesday, June 25. Following the march, a drag brunch was held with performances by drag artists of SADBrunch: Crimsyn, Sapphire Dupree and Evon Dior Michelle.
(Photos courtesy of Goodwin Living)
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