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 | Silverton, Oregon, U.S. | September 9, 1948
Died | November 17, 2021 (aged 73) Silverton, Oregon, U.S. |
Political party | Democratic (since 1996) |
Other political affiliations | Independent (before 1996) |
Stu Rasmussen (September 9, 1948 – November 17, 2021) was 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 Willamette Valley before coming out as transgender. [3] He was also three times a member of the city council. [4] He was assigned male at birth, identified as a man, preferred masculine pronouns, had breast implants, and had a feminine gender expression. [5] He sometimes went 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]
He co-owned Silverton's 1936 Palace Theater, which shows first-run movies, since 1974. [10]
Rasmussen died from prostate cancer on November 17, 2021, at the age of 73. [11]
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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 | Silverton, Oregon, U.S. | September 9, 1948
Died | November 17, 2021 (aged 73) Silverton, Oregon, U.S. |
Political party | Democratic (since 1996) |
Other political affiliations | Independent (before 1996) |
Stu Rasmussen (September 9, 1948 – November 17, 2021) was 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 Willamette Valley before coming out as transgender. [3] He was also three times a member of the city council. [4] He was assigned male at birth, identified as a man, preferred masculine pronouns, had breast implants, and had a feminine gender expression. [5] He sometimes went 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]
He co-owned Silverton's 1936 Palace Theater, which shows first-run movies, since 1974. [10]
Rasmussen died from prostate cancer on November 17, 2021, at the age of 73. [11]
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