Utah is super conservative but Salt Lake City is pretty liberal. They have the only lesbian mayor of any top 50 city.
Hmm didn't know this. That's cool. They need to loosen up some in Utah.
Many people in Oregon are less concerned about these issues.
Stu Rasmussen (born 1948) is an American politician. He became the nation's first openly transgender mayor when he was elected as the mayor of Silverton, Oregon in November 2008. He had previously been elected twice in the 1990s as mayor of this Willamette Valley community, before coming out as transgender.
Born: 1948
Profession: Politician
Silverton is a small town with a population of about 10,000. Not the kind of place you'd think people would be accepting of a transgender mayor. Mount Angel is a neighboring town with a smaller, very Catholic, population. One of their main features is Mount Angel Abbey, a Benedictine community.