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Transgender Mayor Elected in Oregon
Stu Rasmussen is believed to be America’s first openly transgender mayor. He has a girlfriend, but he likes to look like a woman. Rasmussen served two terms as the Mayor of Silverton in the 1990s, but he hadn’t admitted to being transgender until this term.