On that last point, Henry points to the fact that straight Republican women have been struggling to secure nominations for congressional seats as well, so one can imagine how tough the terrain might be for LGBT candidates on the right.

“Take that and multiply it by 1000 and that’s the process for any gay or trans Republican to even make it through a primary and be able to run,” Henry told The Daily Beast. “But there are some out there, and we’re working on it.”

Henry, a political strategist who campaigned for marriage equality before the 2015 Obergefell Supreme Court decision, is the first woman to head the Log Cabin Republicans. She is an out, married lesbian who, of her own admission, has “been pretty critical of Trump in the past.” That said, she would accept an invitation from the president to discuss LGBT issues.