Oregon town elects nation's first transsexual mayor

Submitted by Matt on Sat, 2008-11-08 02:27

Some readers will wonder, "What's the point here?". The point is that it was unthinkable that a "cross-dressing" man could run for public office and win. While it is true just from everyday observations that women still enjoy a far wider array of dress and deportment options than do men, it is a sign of progress to see that despite the widespread acceptance of "cross-dressing" styles allowed to women and the opposite level of acceptance for men, at least one man can have the cajones to do what this one is doing and also get elected to public office. Excerpt:

'Meet Stu Rasmussen, he's the mayor-elect of Silverton, Oregon. He's also a tranny.
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Rasmussen actually says he is straight and has a girlfriend. He is just partially a woman. He has no plans to change his gender, but he does have breasts. Stu says he identifies most with heterosexual men, but adds "I just like to look like a female."

...it looks like Rasmussen is the first transgendered mayor in the United States. He'll be governoring in a dress and high heels.'

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manonthestreet

I don't want to comment too much on this. I just see it as a general trend in western society to experiment and be pre-occupied with the unusual and freak show elements.

It reminds me of a TV film I saw in the sixties. I only saw second half. It was from Eastern Europe. The basic it plot was that all the adults started to behave like children and all the children like adults. At the pint I started watching the doctor was returning to the village and saw the nonsense and put a stop to it all.

At the moment we are going out of control and there is no one able to tell us how silly we are.

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Submitted by trotter on Sat, 2008-11-08 08:40

I just hope they elected him because he'd be a good mayor, and not because it was interesting/shocking/"forward thinking" to vote for a transexual.

Hopefully he'll be a good mayor,and people will see transexuals are still people.

If he's a terrible one, i can only imagine it'll make things worse for similar people looking to be taken seriously.

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Submitted by han090 on Fri, 2008-11-14 02:30