Donna Milo could be president of the Republican Women’s Club of South Florida. But a few years ago, she could have been president of the Republican Men’s Club.
That’s right, big tenters, Donna is the first known transgender Republican candidate for congress.
The Miami Herald has the details:
Donna Milo — a Cuban-American, conservative Republican, transgender woman running for Congress — says she doesn’t like labels.
“I’m an American. I make my way on the basis of ability. My triumphs are based on my abilities, not on a label or a crutch,” said Milo, a Miami Planning Advisory Board member running to replace U.S. Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz of Weston, one of the House’s most liberal Democrats.
Milo, 48, will speak Monday night at Fort Lauderdale City Hall, a guest at the monthly meeting of the Sunshine Republicans club, a conservative group of gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender South Floridians.
“Donna is a very unique individual,” Sunshine Republicans President Benjamin Lewis said. “She brings a story with her candidacy. The story is of overcoming obstacles and desires to become the person she has wanted to be.”
Milo has found that her transgender status has enhanced her ability to run for congress in Broward County because she is now able to tell the voters, “Look, no hanging chad.”
Source: Miami Herald
