1986 gay pride march in New York City, he organized and helped build a float called the Go-Go Stars float which had go-go dancers from various night clubs go-go dancing on it. He performed "Hustle with My Muscle" in the 1988 film Mondo New York. His last public performance was at the Club Mars in New York in 1989. He recorded a four-song E.P. for Sire Records, produced by Mark Kamins and Ivan Ivan, as well as 12" singles and music videos for his songs "Rock Your Body" and "Hustle with My Muscle" and "Bump and Grind It", the latter of which were produced by video artist Tom Rubnitz. "Hustle with My Muscle" and "Bump and Grind It" were released as an A and B side single and this was one of only two releases on Varla Records, a label specializing in alternative New York artists. Sex's trademark was his long, blond hair which stood straight up, and which he claimed was kept erect by a combination of Dippity-do, Aqua Net, egg whites, beer, and semen. He also dressed in flamboyant costumes. He owned a python named Delilah that was often included in his cabaret act. Sometimes, he would leave the python on stage and come down into the audience and wrestle with patrons of the club. Death On October 24, 1990, Sex died from AIDS-related complications at the age of 34. Sex's longtime partner, Wilfredo Vela, succumbed to similar complications four years later. In popular culture Sex was one of the downtown personalities profiled in Radicals in Miniature, a play by Ain Gordon with Josh Quillen of So Percussion, performed at the Baryshnikov Arts Center in May 2017. References Notes Further reading In Touch magazine #77 March 1983 Portfolio of photographs of John Sex and interview with John Sex (Peter Berlin on front cover) Musto, Michael (1986) Downtown, New York: Vintage Books Warhol, Andy; Hackett, Pat (ed.) (1989) The Andy Warhol Diaries, New York: Warner Books External links Guide to the April Palmieri collection of John's Sex videos in the Fales Library at NYU The Joy of John's Sex - video clips of John Sex performances. 1956 births 1990 deaths 20th-century American singers 20th-century American artists AIDS-related deaths in New York (state) American electronic musicians American male erotic dancers American performance artists American synth-pop musicians Gay artists American gay musicians American LGBT artists Musicians from the New York metropolitan