John Sex was a cabaret singer and performance artist in New York from the late 1970s until his death from AIDS in 1989. Early Life Born on April 8th, 1956, his name at birth was John MacLaughlin, but singer Joey Arias gave him the last name of Sex because of an activity John enjoyed very, very much. He attended the School of Visual Arts in New York City. Career as performance artist John Sex was a performance art dancer who performed at such legendary New York clubs as Club 57, the Pyramid Club, Danceteria, The Palladium, Paradise Garage and Andy Warhol's Underground. For the 1… read more
John Sex was a cabaret singer and performance artist in New York from the late 1970s until his death from AIDS in 1989. Early Life Born on April 8th, 1956, his name at birth was John MacLaughlin, but singer Joey Arias gave him the last name of Sex because of an activity John enjoyed very, ver… read more
John Sex was a cabaret singer and performance artist in New York from the late 1970s until his death from AIDS in 1989. Early Life Born on April 8th, 1956, his name at birth was John MacLaughlin, but singer Joey Arias gave him the last name of Sex because of an activity John enjoyed very, very much. He attended the School of Visual Arts in New York City. Career a… read more