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Orlando again rated perfect in LGBTQ equality report

NewsdeskUSA - LGBTQ RightsOctober 18, 2016

For the third year in a row, Orlando was awarded a perfect score on the Municipal Equality Index, which measures cities’ inclusiveness toward the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender communities.

USA - LGBTQ Rights

HRC Releases 2015 Municipal Equality Index with Record Number of Perfect Scores

LGBTnewswire.euUSA - LGBTQ RightsDecember 17, 2015

In historic year for LGBT equality, crucial progress continues at municipal level as local leaders and advocates drive positive change in their communities.

USA - LGBTQ National

Human Rights Campaign’s 2014 Municipal Equality Index

ScoopUSA - LGBTQ NationalNovember 17, 2014May 6, 2018

The City of West Hollywood has scored 100/100 on the Human Rights Campaign’s 2014 Municipal Equality Index (MEI), a nationwide evaluation of municipal laws affecting the LGBT community of 353 cities. The MEI examines the laws, policies, and services of municipalities of various sizes from every state in the country and rates them on the basis of their inclusivity of LGBT people living and working in those cities. This year’s score once again places the City of West Hollywood at the very top of rated municipalities in the nation.

USA - LGBTQ Rights

San Antonio City Council Approves LGBT-Inclusive Updates to Ordinances

LGBTnewswire.euUSA - LGBTQ RightsSeptember 7, 2013May 5, 2018

San Antonio – the nation’s seventh-largest city – Last Thursday added sexual orientation and gender identity protections into ordinances governing city employment, contracting, housing and public accommodations.

Hate Crime

FBI to begin collecting hate crime data on gender identity beginning in 2013

staffHate CrimeDecember 11, 2012April 14, 2024

For the first time, crimes directed against individuals on the basis of sexual orientation are the second most frequent hate crime committed after crimes based on race, according to the 2011 Hate Crimes statistics released yesterday by the FBI as part of the Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program. Surpassing crimes committed on the basis on religion, the number of reported hate crimes committed against gay men and lesbians increased from 1,277 in 2010 to 1,293 in 2011.

US National News

HRC’s New Municipal Equality Index Details the State of LGBT Equality in U.S. Cities

NewsdeskUS National NewsNovember 27, 2012

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