Gay, transgender candidates wade into Central Florida politics
By Mark Schlueb and David Damron, Orlando Sentinel
9:51 p.m. EST, February 26, 2012
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Orange County District 5 Commission candidate Gina Duncan said she experienced the same media "flood of exposure" because of her transgender background.
"But frankly, I find that I'm talking about the issues," she said.
Duncan, a 56-year-old Democrat who has 30 years of experience in mortgage banking, is president of the Metropolitan Business Association, the region's gay chamber of commerce. For 50 years, Duncan was Greg Pinkston, who grew up in Brevard County, starred on his high-school-football team and was homecoming king.
Pinkston was married for 25 years, fathered two children and had a successful career in banking. In 2007, he had the surgery that completed the transition from male to female.