Wow! We now have the first African-American president, and now Oregon has elected a transgender male, Stu Rasmussen for mayor. Read more on Stu Rasmussen below!

In the small town of Silverton, Oregon, residents have elected the man who’s believed to be the first ever openly transgender mayor in the United States. Rasmussen is now the mayor of Silverton.

But actually Stu Rasmussen served two terms as the Mayor of Silverton in the 1990s, but that was as a man before he had breast implants and wore high heels.

“I indentify mostly as a heterosexual male,” Rasmussen said. “But I just like to look like a female.”

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He says he’s always been transgender, but he only “came out” a few years ago. And Stu Rasmussen even has a girlfriend.

“Some guys mid-life crisis is motorcycles or sports cars or climbing mountains or trophy wives or whatever.” Rasmussen said his mid-life crisis was quite different. “I always wanted cleavage, so I went out and aquired some.”

Of course Rasmussen wasn’t certain how he would be accepted though when he ran for mayor as a transgender male.

“The first 30 seconds they think, am I in a freakshow? Is there a camera behind me? What’s going on here?” Rasmussen said. “And then we get down to discussing whatever the issue is - city business or business or whatever - and they figure out this guy’s different, but he knows what he’s talking about.” It’s Rasmussen’s knowledge of the issues, and of the town, that won over so many voters.

As one voter said, “Stu’s very devoted to this town.”

But Rasmussen won by a landslide, more than 13 points. “He wants to maintain the intergrity of Silverton,” voter Gail Frassenei said.

“I’m prejudiced, but I think this is just about the coolest town on Earth,” Rasmussen said, just before he broke down, a tear gently running through his eyeliner, and onto his cheek.

Rasmussen says he can’t wait to begin serving in office. And reveals he is now finally confident enough to be himself, as he runs his hometown, wearing his signature heels.

  I suppose I've never felt more aligned with a comment posted on the BBC World news website.

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BBC NEWS | Have Your Say | US election result: Your views
Finally! For eight years we have more and more lost respect for the United States. Now, the majority of Americans indicated that they are not part of what we saw. They want to clean up. Welcome back USA!Joakim R, Göteborg