Marie Cau made history Saturday when she was elected mayor of Tilloy-lez-Marchiennes, a small village in the north of France, becoming the country's first known openly transgender mayor, according to French media reports. "What's surprising is that this is surprising," Cau told Agence France-Presse. "They didn’t vote for me or against me because I’m transgender; they voted for a program and for values." Cau, 55, has an educational background in agriculture and horticulture and ran on a platform