A Republican candidate in North Carolina who is campaigning on a
conservative platform and supports a ban on same-sex marriage has acknowledged
working as a drag queen at a gay bar for several years.

Steve Wiles, 34, performed as “Miss Mona Sinclair” at
Club Odyssey, the Winston-Salem Journal reported this
weekend. He had previously denied any connection to the drag queen.

Wiles is running against two other candidates for the North
Carolina Senate in Tuesday’s GOP primary.

“Of course it was an embarrassment, but you know, you move
on,” Wiles told Business Insider. “You
live life, and you change, and you make yourself what you want yourself to be.
And that’s where I am now.”

Wiles also helped to promote the Miss Gay America Pageant, the Journal reported, and was suspended
for some type of misbehavior during that gig. He now works as a real estate
agent.

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