7 Openly Gay Americans Appointed to Obama Transition Team
November 21, 2008, 3:44 pm
Filed under: Politicians | Tags: Barack Obama, election, gay, president, transition team
Filed under: Politicians | Tags: Barack Obama, election, gay, president, transition team
President-Elect Barack Obama has named 7 openly gay Americans to his transition team. Click here to read the article from the Washington Blade.
This is wonderful news. Great job, Mr. President-Elect!
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A Small Town’s Transgender Mayor
November 20, 2008, 6:05 pm
Filed under: Politicians | Tags: election, mayor, oregon, politician, silverton, stu rasmussen, transgender
Filed under: Politicians | Tags: election, mayor, oregon, politician, silverton, stu rasmussen, transgender
The LA Times has written a beautiful and moving portrait of Stu Rasmussen, Silverton’s transgender mayor.
Rasmussen walks down Silverton’s Norman Rockwell-like main street in a plunging purple top revealing impressive cleavage, with a tight black miniskirt, flowing red locks and dagger-like red nails.
He is stopped every few feet by people who want to shake his hand and congratulate him on his victory, in which he took 52% of the vote against 39% for incumbent Mayor Ken Hector in the nonpartisan election.
Click here to read the article in full.
