NEW YORK — Former City Council Speaker Christine Quinn was a leading candidate for the 2013 Democratic nomination, but she didn’t make it.

She was the first openly-gay person to ever run for New York City mayor.

“It is shocking that New York has never had an LGBTQ mayor and that New York has never had a woman mayor.” Quinn said.

The latter part could change this year.

But it’s safe to say New York won’t have a member of the LGBTQ community as mayor in 2022.

“It’s just that we haven’t produced the right candidate yet for that position," Queens City Councilman Daniel Dromm, who started his gay rights activism almost 50 years ago, said.

Earlier this year, the Democratic field of candidates did include two members of that community: former commissioner of the Department for Veterans Services Loree Sutton and Brooklyn councilman Carlos Menchaca.

Both dropped out of the race in March after failing to gain much support.

The four most influential LGBTQ Democratic organizations have divided their endorsements among the most progressive candidates in the race: Maya Wiley, Scott Stringer and Dianne Morales.

“It’s probably more about ideology than it is about LGBTQ identity,” Dromm said.

Police relations, transgender rights and housing are among the top priorities at the moment for a community that is hardly monolithic, according to Elisa Crespo. Earlier this year, she lost a special election in the Bronx and didn’t get to make history as the first transgender person elected to office in New York State.

“As long as we have a real ally in Gracie Mansion, someone who’s going to be unapologetic and intentional about addressing the material needs and improving the living conditions of LGBTQ people, then I think that that’s what’s most important," Crespo said.

Despite all this, the LGBTQ community could indeed make history this year electing its first citywide official: City Council Speaker Corey Johnson, who is openly gay, is running in the Democratic primary for Comptroller.