Will we ever elect a LGBT president? And if we do, when?

[Hillary 2016]

Well first let me say that I appreciate us discussing this.

GLBT is a lumped together umbrella term and we need to break it down first.

I do not believe that we will have a gay man or lesbian woman become President for a very, very long time, and I will most likely die before that happens.

Let's take a gay man for example.  Let's say he had come from a small town, was active in his church, led a very morally chaste life, served honorably in the military, was extremely educated, knew everything there was to know about every country in the world, spoke a dozen languages, was physically attractive, and gave one hell of a speech, this man would STILL not be considered viable by the Gang of 500 (a phrase from a book I read recently) who allowed Barack Obama to become President first with coverage and second with GOOD coverage.

I would LOVE to see a gay candidate, just for the sake of having one.  But he would have to be so much.  He would have to be a lot like Barack Obama - so unique that there's no one else like him in his own community.

And I think it would be a real hoot after all of this that this first gay President would be a Republican.  A lot of gay men are conservative elitist pigs, honestly, NOT ALL of course, but A LOT.

Let's say, for example that a lesbian woman ran for President.  Let's say that Barbara Mikulski came out.  I don't know whether she is or not, I'm just saying it to give us an image.  Let's say she ran for the Presidency and actually did well with voters.  Projecting a tough strong image would be a GOOD thing for a woman, and her being a lesbian would probably discredit her to some, but to a lot of people it would not really matter.  She'd be seen as a strong woman.

This all goes back to how we're raised - it's okay for a girl to be masculine (tomboys are embraced by people) but a boy cannot be feminine.  He would be a f****t, a queer, a sissy, a pansy, a joke, a freak.

We have a deep, deep prejudice about femininity in our males, and we don't like it one bit. 

Politics is a world for tough people and femininity, even in the women, is not encouraged because it is seen as a weakness.  I, however, do not believe femininity is a weakness, I think it can be a strength, if the right woman knows how to use it to her advantage.

Transgender, on the other hand, is a whole different world.  Transgender is about masculinity and femininity, and it is about maleness and femaleness.  Sadly, for us, we're really just either a man or a woman. 

I'm transgender because that's what society calls it.  But I'd rather just be a woman.

I've thought about running for a public office.  A lot of the stigma that women feel would be what I would feel, but there would also be what seems to be insurmountable confusion, prejudice, anxiety, hatred, unease, and discomfort among voters in my conservative home state for them to get beyond my body - and my gender - and elect me, as a woman, to public office.  I'm 23 years old and maybe things will change but I'd rather accept the cold hard reality than live in a fantasy world.