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Transgender Candidate Runs in Florida


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Donna Milo, a transgender Republican businesswoman from Fort Lauderdale, Fla., is in the race for the 20th congressional district seat, running on a platform of conservative values in government.

"I'm concerned about the way the government is growing —all of the overregulation, all of the taxation," Milo told CBS4, a Miami television station.  

Milo has never held public office and hopes her transgender status does not deter voters.

"It's one of my characteristics, but my campaign and platform, what I'm all about is the conservative values that made this country a great country that made this country a beacon of hope for many people, including my family," Milo said. "My friends and family have been very supportive. I've been blessed."

In addition to being a mother and a candidate, Milo is a homebuilder and a pilot.

Milo, along with six other candidates, is trying to unseat incumbent congresswoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz, a Democrat who is running for reelection.

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Reader Comments
  • Name: Dr. Ben
    Date posted: 4/29/2010 5:33:18 PM
    Hometown: Fort Lauderdale, FL

    Comment:

    I am the President of a great group of GLBT Conservative club in Fort Lauderdale, Florida and will be the first to say, Donna Milo is an awesome person. She has great standards for the way Government should be ran, she holds very high expectations for the rights of the GLBT community to be protected. If you read her website and from personal conversations, she became a parent prior to having the surgery. Everyone in her family, both by blood and chosen have been very supportive of her decisions. Please feel free to google Sunshine Republicans in Fort Lauderdale to see exactly how many people we have following the GLBT club in South Florida.

  • Name: Iron E
    Date posted: 4/26/2010 12:05:45 AM
    Hometown: Columbus, OH

    Comment:

    I'd like to know how she became a mother. Adoption?

  • Name: J Singleton
    Date posted: 4/24/2010 7:25:47 PM
    Hometown: Sunrise,Fl

    Comment:

    Soory Donna...but with all due respect...A GLBT of any description running as a Republican is a little like a Jew running as a Nazi in 1933 Germany

  • Name: James
    Date posted: 4/23/2010 9:22:52 PM
    Hometown: Albany

    Comment:

    I would be interested to see where she is on LGBT issues. It seems like a lot of LGBT conservatives are anti-marriage, anti-adoption, or otherwise hold anti-LGBT stances -- I guess it's kind of expected, since they probably feel like they need to appear proper to other conservatives, or they'd be accused of being "one of THEM".

  • Name: Davya
    Date posted: 4/23/2010 7:46:09 PM
    Hometown: Wynnewood, PA

    Comment:

    AMEN SISTER! Light another match to the fire of the LGBT conservative revolution!



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