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Revision as of 18:51, 20 November 2021
Stu Rasmussen | |
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Mayor of Silverton, Oregon | |
In office January 2009 – January 2015 | |
Preceded by | Ken Hector |
Succeeded by | Rick Lewis |
Personal details | |
Born | 1948 (age 75–76) Silverton, Oregon, U.S. |
Died | November 17, 2021 Silverton, Oregon USA |
Political party | Democratic (since 1996) |
Other political affiliations | Independent (before 1996) |
Stu Rasmussen (born 1948) is an American politician. He became the nation's first openly transgender mayor when he was elected as the mayor of Silverton, Oregon in November 2008.[1][2]
He had previously been elected twice in the 1990s as mayor of this Willamette Valley community, before coming out as transgender.[3] He was also three times a member of the city council.[4] He was assigned male at birth, identifies as a man, prefers masculine pronouns, has breast implants, and has a feminine gender expression.[5] He sometimes goes by the name Carla Fong.[5]
Rasmussen unsuccessfully ran for a seat in the Oregon House of Representatives in 1994 as an independent, and a seat in the Oregon State Senate in 1996 as a Democrat. He ran for the House again in 1998 as a Democrat, losing with 41% of the vote.[6]
In 2013 a musical about Rasmussen, Stu for Silverton, premiered at Seattle's Intiman Theatre.[5][7][8]
Rasmussen, a self-described fiscal conservative and social liberal,[2][4] served as city councilor until January 2009.[9]
Rasmussen has co-owned Silverton's 1936 Palace Theater, which shows first-run movies, since 1974.[10]
References
- ^ Stu Rasmussen. "Reality Check". Retrieved December 19, 2011.
- ^ a b "Oregon town elects nation's first transgender mayor". Associated Press. November 8, 2008. Retrieved December 19, 2011.
- ^ Question, Big (November 9, 2008). "US election diary: The sex change we can all believe in - Americas, World - The Independent". London: Independent.co.uk. Retrieved December 9, 2008.
- ^ a b Friar, Cathryn. "Stu Rasmussen is Transgendered Mayor » Right Pundits". Rightpundits.com. Retrieved December 9, 2008.
- ^ a b c Ng, David (November 29, 2012). "New musical about transgender mayor heading to Intiman Theatre". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved April 17, 2013.
- ^ "Rasmussen, Stu". Our Campaigns. Retrieved September 18, 2017.
- ^ Berson, Misha (July 23, 2013). "'Stu for Silverton' sings about small-town tolerance". Seattle Times. Archived from the original on December 18, 2013.
- ^ Berson, Misha (July 23, 2013). "Meet the real Stu from musical 'Stu for Silverton'". Seattle Times. Archived from the original on December 18, 2013.
- ^ "City of Silverton, OR > Government > City Council". Webservices.orcities.org. Archived from the original on July 24, 2012. Retrieved December 9, 2008.
- ^ Drawhorn, Ornie (November 2011). "Keeping up in a digital age: Palace plans high tech upgrades". Our Town Live. Retrieved January 25, 2014.
External links
- Mayors of places in Oregon
- Transgender and transsexual politicians
- LGBT mayors of places in the United States
- LGBT people from Oregon
- People from Silverton, Oregon
- Oregon city council members
- 1948 births
- Living people
- Oregon Democrats
- Oregon Independents
- Male-to-female cross-dressers
- Western United States mayor stubs
- Oregon politician stubs