First Out Crossdressing Mayor elected in Oregon town [video]
“I identify mostly as a heterosexual male, but I just happen to like to look like a female…. The first 30 seconds they think, ‘Am I in a freak show? Is there a camera behind me? What’s going on here?’ And then we get down to discussing whatever the issue is — whether it’s city business or business or whatever — and they figure out, ‘Oh, well, this guy’s different but he knows what he’s talking about.'”
Stu Rasmussen, 60, who just won a mayor contest in Silverton, OR and is a MTF transgender with breast implants, yet also maintains a relationship with a live-in girlfriend of nearly 35 years. (MSNBC)
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