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October 1, 2025
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Richmond Maintains Perfect Score in LGBTQ+ City Ranking
Amid increasing state-level anti-LGBTQ+ legislation, Richmond set a high standard for municipal equality, scoring 100 in the Human Rights Campaign’s 2023 Municipal Equality Index.
December 2, 2023
North Irish Official Endorses Praying the Gay Away
A municipal official says gays can be 'cured' by religion.
November 13, 2015
U.S. cities score big in LGBTQ+ equality despite wave of discriminatory state laws
A record number of cities achieved a perfect Municipal Equality Index score in 2024.
November 22, 2024
Moscow Court Upholds Ban on Gay Pride for Next Century
A Moscow court has upheld a municipal district ruling outlawing LGBT pride marches until 2112.
August 17, 2012
Vicco, Ky., Is Smallest U.S. City With LGBT Rights Law
The small Appalachian town of Vicco, Ky., has become the smallest municipality in the U.S. to approve an LGBT nondiscrimination law.
January 15, 2013
Iowa OK's Denial of Public Funds for Gender-Affirmation Surgeries
It's not an outright ban on the funding, but a new law says the state and its municipalities can opt out of payment.
May 6, 2019
LGBTQ+ Rights Advance in Cities Throughout U.S.
The Human Rights Campaign's 2020 Municipal Equality Index finds progress in nondiscrimination laws, inclusive health benefits, and more.
December 3, 2020
Savannah Adds Protections for LGBT City Workers
Savannah's mayor and city leaders voted unanimously to pass an LGBT-inclusive ordinance to protect current and prospective municipal workers.
December 10, 2015
A Landmark Year for U.S. Cities in Advancing LGBTQ+ Equality
The number of cities earning a a perfect score on the Human Rights Campaign Foundation's Municipal Equality Index has surpassed 100 for the first time.
November 18, 2021
Trump Brags About Aid Efforts While Puerto Ricans Bathe in Rivers
In Comerio, a mountainous farming municipality in the central part of the U.S. territory, people say they have yet to see any aid from the government.
October 17, 2017
How Gay-Friendly Is Your City?
Multiple cities in California and Massachusetts earned a 100% rating in the Human Rights Campaign's new Municipal Equality Index, along with Seattle, Portland, St. Louis, and Philadelphia.
November 29, 2012
Wisconsin Towns Can't Join Lawsuit Over DP Benefits
Eight public municipalities will be barred from intervening in a lawsuit over domestic-partner benefits for state employees' partners, the Wisconsin supreme court ruled.
February 9, 2008
Lawmakers Call Special Session on Charlotte 'Bathroom Bill'
The state legislature, which has the power to overrule municipal laws, is targeting an ordinance allowing transgender people to use the public restrooms matching their gender identity.
March 21, 2016
He'll Date Us But Won't Vote to Protect Us
A Goshen City Council candidate says he has done a 'little experimentation' on a gay dating site but still opposes adding LGBT protections to municipal law.
October 27, 2015
'Christian' Judge in Ohio to Keep Refusing Same-Sex Marriages
Toledo Municipal Court Judge C. Allen McConnell refused to marry a lesbian couple Monday because of his religious convictions -- and will continue to do so unless the state Supreme Court intervenes.
July 8, 2015
Mich. Gov. Wants to Keep Denying Benefits to Same-Sex Couples
The state's Republican governor filed a brief Friday asking a federal court to uphold a Michigan law that prohibits state and municipal governments from offering domestic-partner benefits to gay and lesbian employees.
February 18, 2014
West Virginia lawmakers vote to overturn local protections for LGBTQ+ people
A bill seeks to amend the state's existing Human Rights Act to deny additional safeguards for some marginalized groups.
March 27, 2025
Record 120 Cities Get Perfect Score on LGBTQ+ Equality Index
The index from the Human Rights Campaign rates cities on nondiscrimination laws, benefits for city employees, and other factors that contribute to a positive climate for LGBTQ+ people.
November 30, 2022