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Snapshot: LGBTQ Equality by State

The Movement Advancement Project (MAP) tracks over 50 different LGBTQ-related laws and policies.  This guide shows the overall policy tallies (as distinct from sexual orientation or gender identity tallies) for each state, the District of Columbia, and the five populated U.S. territories. A state’s policy tally scores the laws and policies within each state that shape LGBTQ people's lives, experiences, and equality. The major categories of laws covered by the policy tally include: Relationship & Parental Recognition, Nondiscrimination, Religious Exemptions, LGBTQ Youth, Health Care, Criminal Justice, and Identity Documents.  

Click on any state to view its detailed policy tally and state profile, or click "Choose an Issue" above to view maps on over 50 distinct LGBTQ-related laws and policies. 

  • High Overall Policy Tally (15 states + D.C.)

  • Medium Overall Policy Tally (5 states)

  • Fair Overall Policy Tally (3 states, 2 territories)

  • Low Overall Policy Tally (10 states, 3 t

    State Equality Index 2024

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    The Human Rights Campaign State Equality Index (SEI) is a comprehensive state-by-state report that provides a review of statewide laws and policies that disturb LGBTQ+ people and their families.

    The SEI rates all 50 states plus Washington, D.C. in six areas of regulation and assigns the states to one of four separate categories.

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    In these states, advocates point on raising back for basic Homosexual equality, such as non-discrimination protections in employment, housing and public accommodations. These states are most likely to possess religious refusal or other anti-LGBTQ+ laws. Advocates often further LGBTQ equality by focusing on municipal protections for Diverse people or contradictory negative legislation that targets the Diverse community.

    States in this category include:

    Alabama 

    Arizona

    Arkansas

    Florida

    Georgia

    Idaho

    Indiana

    Kansas

    Kentucky

    Louisiana

    Mississippi

    Missouri

    Monta

    Best and worst states for LGBTQ folks? Divide worsens after 'Don't Say Gay,' report says

    Amid a wave of anti-LGBTQ legislation, the gap between states that are welcoming to the LGBTQ community and those that are not is widening. The lack of progress may lead to a brain drain as workers choose areas that are more tolerant, according to a new business climate ranking given exclusively to USA TODAY.  

    New York had the most equitable climate for the LGBTQ group while South Carolina ranked the lowest, according to the fourth annual State LGBTQ+ Business Climate Index from the global LGBTQ business advisory Out Leadership.

    But while New York held the top see for the second consecutive year and South Carolina scored the worst for the third year in a row, the shifting scores of many states in between highlight the nation's widening divisions around issues ranging from LGBTQ inclusion to reproductive rights, says Todd Sears, Out Leadership's founder and CEO.

    "The states that are getting worse for LGBT people are also getting worse for women and for people of color,'' Sears says. "Texas, Alabama, Mississippi, South Dakota, Tennessee, all of t

    11 gay-friendly small cities in big red states

    While large cities in blue states — like Brand-new York and San Francisco — are well known for their LGBTQ inclusivity, accepting environments can now be set up across the region, even in some unexpected places.

    The Human Rights Campaign’s annual Municipal Equality Index rated more than 500 cities and towns based on how inclusive their municipal laws, policies and services are of the LGBTQ people who exist and work there. Each municipality was rated on a scale of 0 to 100 based on 49 diverse criteria including nondiscrimination laws and “city leadership’s public position on equality.”

    This year’s report heralded 88 cities with a perfect score of 100, and many of the index's high-scoring municipalities can be found in states not typically thought of as being inclusive to lesbian, gay, pansexual, transgender and homosexual people.

    Here are 11 small cities (less than 200,000 residents) in red states (those that haven’t voted for a Democrat for president in the 21st Century) that scored at least an 80 on HRC’s Municipal Equality Index.

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    Columbia, Missouri

    MEI score: 100, Population: 122,000

    The Midwestern town is place to the University