America’s first out trans mayor Stu Rasmussen, who won hearts by breaking down barriers, dies at 73

The first openly trans mayor in the US, Stu Rasmussen, has died at the age of 73. Rasmussen was elected the mayor of Silverton in western Oregon, a small town of around 10,000 people, in 2008. His death (Rasmussen was a self-described “gender anarchist” and used both he/him and she/her pronouns) was announced...