TRANSGENDER MAYOR ELECTED IN OREGON

FROM MONSTERSANDCRITICS.COM:

The presidential race marked the first elected African-American President in US history.

Oregon has also looked forward and elected a popular man who refused to compromise or hide his transgendered lifestyle.



The small town of Silverton, Oregon elected the first openly transgender mayor in the United States.

CNN reports that Stu Rasmussen served two terms as the Mayor of Silverton in the 1990s not admitting to being transgender.

Now he wears long hair, a skirt and high heels. He has had breast implants, he looks like a woman - but he is a man.
"I identify mostly as a heterosexual male," Rasmussen said. "But I just like to look like a female."

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WATCH STU IN ACTION! (Might I suggest a teensy bit of mascara?)




I first saw this story on CNN news. I can't find it online, but after this story aired, T.J. Holmes was clearly expressing his discomfort with story about any sex change. I was so revolted that I had to write in this comment. Maybe you caught it and you feel like contacting CNN yourself.

This Sunday morning, I watched a touching story on Stu Rasmussen, the transgendered mayor who was re-elected to his position after he announced that he was transgendered and began wearing women's attire in public. When the video coverage ended, T. J. Holmes was smirking, to let co-host Betty Nguyen and millions of viewers know that he thought that this story was funny. This was totally inappropriate and as a member of a minority who have fought hard for their rights himself, he should show more sensitivity to a group which is now fighting for their rights to be open about their gender. I mean, here's a story about a small town not only accepting a transgendered male, but voting him into office! And this gets a smirk and mugging from an anchor of an international news organization? So CNN reporters are not only less enlightened than small town residents but also happy to show their disapproval of the topics they cover? Last time I checked, reporters were supposed to be neutral and not laugh at sensitive topics. I wonder how T. J. would feel if he watched a report where a newscaster made a racial slur about another US election first--a black man as president.

T. J. then went on to report on squirrel reproduction, a story which he joked that his degree in journalism had helped him prepare for. But based on his insensitive reaction to the previous story, he's obviously overdue for a refresher course. I hope that you will relay this message to the appropriate channel. I watch CNN less and less because of offensive coverage like this. Betty and T.J. are never going to win any journalistic awards anyway, but I think you can urge them to refrain from offensive behavior.


Hey guys, I know that you have to choose your battles and you can't sign every petition. Gay marriage and global warming are probably higher on most people's priority list, but this just struck me as derogatory. Because of attitudes likeT. J.'s, many trannies find work in the underworld of drugs and prostitution because they can't function in a normal workplace--so I think a tranny as mayor should be applauded! And even though even my mom calls me Bunny now, I wouldn't exactly say that I'm transgendered. But I definitely have an affinity with that community. So if someone transsexual has touched your life and you feel like sticking up for them, you may wanna send CNN a note. When you get to the comments page on CNN.COM, you click on CNN WEEKENDS.