Despite her Baptist upbringing, Nikole Mitchell says she always dreamed of becoming a stripper.“From a young age, I had fantasized about being a stripper,” 36-year-old Mitchell tells The New York Post. “But I was indoctrinated to believe my desires and my body were innately sinful and bad.”So instead of pursuing the pole, she pursued a career behind the pulpit.In 2011, Mitchell and her family joined the Woodland Hills Church, an antigay evangelical megachurch in St.
Paul, Minnesota. She worked her way up in the ranks, eventually becoming the church’s pastor. A post shared by Nikole Mitchell (@mitchellnikole) on Then in 2016, something happened.Mitchell says she attended an LGBTQ-themed play that awakened something deep inside of her.“I was.