[1][2] He had previously been elected twice in the 1990s as mayor of Willamette Valley before coming out as transgender.
[4] He was assigned male at birth, identified as a man, preferred masculine pronouns, had breast implants, and had a feminine gender expression.
[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.