Republican anti-gay candidate's former identity: 'Miss Mona Sinclair,' gay-bar drag queen

What a drag.

An anti-gay Republican candidate in North Carolina worked as a drag queen performer and emcee known as 'Miss Mona Sinclair,' according to a bombshell report.

Steve Wiles, a conservative North Carolina state Senate candidate who has been outspoken in his support of the state's same-sex marriage ban, worked as a female impersonator and drag-show emcee earlier in his life, the Winston-Salem Journal reported over the weekend.

Wiles, 34, worked at a gay-friendly Winston-Salem lounge called Club Odyssey from 2002 to 2010, where he directed a weekly drag show, the club's former owner Randy Duggins told the Journal.

Prior to his directorial debut, Wiles had been a frequent attendee at the weekly soirée which featured men dressed as women. He later starred as the show's emcee under the stage name, 'Miss Mona Sinclair,' Duggins said.

Wiles, who has campaigned primarily on his support of the state's ban on gay marriage, confirmed to Business Insider that he used to perform as "Miss Mona Sinclair" at the now-defunct bar but later decided that the role "just was not something that I wanted to continue."

"I think that everyone has their own choices to make and I'm fine with everyone making their own," he said. "For me, from a religious standpoint, just for my life, for me, it just was not something that I wanted to continue."

He has previously denied his affiliation with the club.

When Business Insider asked if he was gay, Wiles responded, "no, I really won't make any comments on that."

Samhraí wrote:To be fair that doesn't really detract from any argument against same-sex marriage.
If he was campaigning for cross-dressers to be arrested or some shit like that then it would be more relevant.

veya_victaous wrote:

Samhraí wrote:To be fair that doesn't really detract from any argument against same-sex marriage.
If he was campaigning for cross-dressers to be arrested or some shit like that then it would be more relevant.

well you can't detract from something with ZERO merit in the first place       

veya_victaous wrote:Not letting 2 people that love each other declare that love when it effects no one else HAS NO MERIT   ::gnslnger:: ::gnslnger:: ::gnslnger:: 

Samhraí wrote:I suppose you have a point actually.
I sometimes forget marriage outside of the context of the big three religions.

Samhraí wrote:I suppose you have a point actually.
I sometimes forget marriage outside of the context of the big three religions.

Samhraí wrote:I suppose you have a point actually.
I sometimes forget marriage outside of the context of the big three religions.

Ben_Reilly wrote:May I just point out?

"I think that everyone has their own choices to make and I'm fine with everyone making their own," he said.

Fucking hypocrite. If he's fine with everyone making their own choices he wouldn't be trying to ban gay marriage, would he?

smelly_bandit wrote: Closet case heterosexual??

Ben_Reilly wrote:

smelly_bandit wrote: Closet case heterosexual??

I really don't know why I bother, but in our world there is no societal shame placed on straight people, so nobody would ever be a closet-case heterosexual. Unless you can point me to examples of people being mocked, cursed or killed for being straight. In which case I would cherish the educational opportunity.

Yes, I know, you think the time is coming, in your scaredy-cat insane imagination, that straight people will be put through anything remotely close to what gay people have been put through for centuries. I'm looking for real-world examples though, not horseshit, so if you can't cite a real example, don't bother replying.

Joy Division wrote:I think that guy does actually look good in drag!!, I mean he does pass from that picture as a woman!

Nems wrote:

Joy Division wrote:I think that guy does actually look good in drag!!, I mean he does pass from that picture as a woman!

You are having a giraffe yes?