Birth and early life
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Daniel Marks was born in Simberra, Australia, to Kaziah and Bruce Marks. Daniel was always interested in female clothing as a child, and would dress up in dresses and heels and wear Kaziah's clothes. Daniel moved away from Australia and bought a small apartment next to a construction site. There, Daniel adopted the persona of Sheila D. Muzzle and performed at several clubs.
Homophobic abuse
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One night, after a performance, Daniel (in Sheila gear) walked out of the club for a cigarette, where she was confronted by several teenage boys. They started shouting at her and calling her names until he decided to keep his head up and walk back into the club, he was blocked by one of the boys, who he politley asked to move out the way, he took this somehow as an insult and punched him in the face. Dazed, Daniel tried to call for help, one of the boys pulled out a knife and stabbed Daniel in the side, they ran off later. Daniel was found by Annie St. Claire, who had got lost on the way home, Annie picked up Daniel (who was unconcious) and drove him to the hospital. Thankfully, Daniel was saved and stitched up.
Return to the club
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Daniel returned to the club several months later. He performed his routine and went back outside to have a cigarette, where the same gang were. Daniel saw them, and instead of fleeing, took the oppurtuninty to say the following.
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I'm sorry. I'm sorry your lives are so horrendously mucked up that you have to pick on other people to feel like the bigger man so to speak. Yes, I am a "drag queen", and I am proud. There is no reason for us all to not get along. If you hate my kind of people so much, then why the hell are you guys here? If I find you around my club one more time roughing up some person because they don't have the same beliefs as you, I will show the police the scar you gave me. Goodnight.
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Shocked by this, the boys left.