LGBTQ+ women are often discouraged from running for office. They're doing it anyway.

I was born and raised in my district - but political consultants and insiders told me that because I am queer, because I am Latina, because I worked for reproductive freedom at Planned Parenthood - I couldn't win a tough election in a swing district,

The report also found that trans women are about 10% more likely than cisgender queer women to be discouraged from launching a campaign.

Read at LGBTQ Nation