The Human Rights Campaign (HRC) has released their 2021 Municipal Equality Index (MEI), an annual report scoring cities across the U.S.
on their dedication to LGBTQ equality. This year, 506 cities were scored on five areas: non-discrimination laws, municipality as employer, municipal services, law enforcement, and leadership on LGBTQ equality.
110 of the cities scored a perfect score of 100, including Atlanta. Of these cities, 39 have more comprehensive non-discrimination laws for trans people than the state, 99 have an LGBTQ liaison, and 84 have an openly LGBTQ elected or appointed official.
Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms celebrated the perfect score in a statement posted to Facebook. “Our Administration has made it a priority to