Ore.Town Elects First Transgender Mayor in US

He wins easy victory in 'coolest town on Earth'
By Harry Kimball,  Newser Staff
Posted Nov 8, 2008 1:36 PM CST
Ore.Town Elects First Transgender Mayor in US
Stu Rasmussen, mayor of Silverton, Oregon.   (sturasmussen.com)

A small town in Oregon has elected the nation’s first transgender mayor, reports News Channel 8 (Portland). “I identify mostly as a heterosexual male,” said Stu Rasmussen, who has breast implants and is partial to skirts and high heels. “I just like to look like a female.” Rasmussen has been mayor of Silverton twice before, but not as an openly transgender man. “I think it's amazing a small town like this can be so open-minded,” one voter said.

Rasmussen has a longtime girlfriend, and he explained his recent decision to have implants matter-of-factly. "Some guys' mid-life crisis is motorcycles or sports cars or climbing mountains or trophy wives or whatever. I always wanted cleavage, so I went out and acquired some.” He said his devotion to the town and knowledge of the issues won over voters. “I'm prejudiced, but I think this is just about the coolest town on Earth.” (More transgender stories.)

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