Transgender Woman Runs for Commissioner

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ORANGE COUNTY, FL (WESH/NBC) – A former football player and homecoming king is running for office as a woman.

Gina Duncan, 56, filed paper-work to run for Florida’s Orange County Commission earlier this week.

Duncan says being a transgender woman is a part of who she is.

“It’s been a challenge and a very interesting life journey,” Duncan said.

Duncan spent 50 of her years as Gregory Pingston, once known as a star linebacker in Merritt Island, then a husband.

“I was married for 25 years,” Duncan said.

Gregory fathered a son and a daughter before telling his family in 2006 that he was going to undergo surgery to become a woman.