Here is a first. I guess I thought it might have happened already, but an Oregon town has elected the country’s first transgender mayor.
Stu Rasmussen was elected Silverton, Oregon’s mayor. Wait, Stu was the mayor in the early 1990′s. Now Carla Fong has been elected mayor. Carla was Stu before the breast implants, skirt and lipstick.
From the L.A. Times:
“My first two terms, I was a very straight-looking guy,” said Rasmussen, 60, a software engineer who has written on transgender issues. “Now, I write under the name Carla Fong, but basically I’m Stu in Silverton. Honestly, it would be too much trouble to retrain the whole town.”
Stu or Carla defeated the incumbent mayor, Ken Hector, 52% to 39%.
“To be perfectly candid, the incumbent . . . and I are not bosom buddies — that was a bad choice in terms,” deadpans Rasmussen. “Ken’s heart is in the right place, but it’s just when his mind’s made up, that’s it — facts won’t change it.
“What was it Alexis de Tocqueville said — his mind is not like the fertile field onto which seeds fall. Ken . . . had a council that was easy for him to get along with because, when he didn’t get his way — well truthfully, his last name is Hector, and he just kind of lived up to it.”
Stu/Carla is not your typical mayor that is for sure. Just to muddle things up further. He has a girlfriend…or she does…here listen to the mayor-elect in his own words.
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Oh, this is no big deal in Silverton where I live. I’ve known Stu all of my life. This is just Stu being Stu. He’s very bright, really listens to the citizens and helps them get problems solved. He hasn’t made a big deal about this transition and neither do we.