Lesbian political activists are divided over which glass ceiling to smash through in the 2020 presidential race. Which to choose? The first woman president, or the first gay president?

“Well, first of all, we’ve already had our first gay president. Hello. Eisenhower, anyone? What we’re hoping for is our first openly gay president,” said Dot Spencer, a lesbian political consultant and LGBTQ activist. “Pete Buttigieg might be our guy. But then again, the first woman president? That would be amazing, too. Ask me again another time. I’m not thinking straight.”

LGBTQ voters make up a small portion of the electorate: about 6 percent, but they vote overwhelmingly democrat according to exit polls. Gay donors are a formidable source of campaign funds in the Democrat Party, too. One in six of President Obama’s top campaign bundlers in 2012 were openly gay.

“You know what would be perfect? If Tulsi Gabbard came out. That would make it easy,” said Ms. Spencer.

Ms. Spencer is unlikely to get her wish. Just this past January, the New York Times reported the the Hawaiian congresswoman touted working for an anti-gay group that backed conversion therapy.