HRC's Municipal Equality Index (MEI) demonstrates the ways that many cities can—and do—support the LGBTQ people who live and work there, even where states and the federal government have failed to do so.
City Scorecards
Alabama
Alaska
Arizona
Arkansas
California
- Anaheim
- Bakersfield
- Berkeley
- Brisbane
- Cathedral City
- Chula Vista
- Concord
- Corona
- Elk Grove
- Escondido
- Fontana
- Fremont
- Fresno
- Fullerton
- Garden Grove
- Glendale
- Guerneville
- Hayward
- Huntington Beach
- Irvine
- Lancaster
- Long Beach
- Los Angeles
- Modesto
- Moreno Valley
- Oakland
- Oceanside
- Ontario
- Orange
- Oxnard
- Palm Desert
- Palm Springs
- Palmdale
- Pasadena
- Pomona
- Rancho Cucamonga
- Rancho Mirage
- Richmond
- Riverside
- Sacramento
- Salinas
- San Bernardino
- San Diego
- San Francisco
- San Jose
- Santa Ana
- Santa Clarita
- Santa Monica
- Santa Rosa
- Signal Hill
- Stockton
- Sunnyvale
- Thousand Oaks
- Torrance
- Vallejo
- Visalia
- West Hollywood
Colorado
Connecticut
Delaware
Florida
- Cape Coral
- Coral Gables
- Daytona Beach
- Fort Lauderdale
- Gainesville
- Hialeah
- Hollywood
- Jacksonville
- Miami
- Miami Beach
- Miami Shores
- Oakland Park
- Orlando
- Pembroke Pines
- Port Saint Lucie
- St. Petersburg
- Tallahassee
- Tampa
- Wilton Manors
- West Palm Beach
Georgia
- Athens-Clarke
- Atlanta
- Augusta-Richmond
- Avondale Estates
- Columbus
- Decatur
- North Druid Hills
- Roswell
- Sandy Springs
- Savannah
Hawaii
Idaho
Illinois
Indiana
Iowa
Kansas
Kentucky
Louisiana
Maine
Maryland
Massachusetts
Michigan
- Ann Arbor
- Detroit
- East Lansing
- Ferndale
- Grand Rapids
- Kalamazoo
- Lansing
- Pleasant Ridge
- Sterling Heights
- Traverse City
- Warren
Minnesota
Mississippi
Missouri
Montana
Nebraska
Nevada
New Hampshire
New Jersey
- Asbury Park
- Elizabeth
- Hoboken
- Jersey City
- Lambertville
- Montclair
- New Brunswick
- Newark
- Ocean Grove
- Paterson
- Princeton
- Trenton
- Woodbury
New Mexico
New York
North Carolina
North Dakota
Ohio
Oklahoma
Oregon
Pennsylvania
- Allentown
- Carlisle
- Erie
- Harrisburg
- New Hope
- Philadelphia
- Pittsburgh
- Reading
- State College
- Wilkes-Barre
Rhode Island
South Carolina
South Dakota
Tennessee
Texas
- Amarillo
- Arlington
- Austin
- Brownsville
- College Station
- Corpus Christi
- Dallas
- Denton
- El Paso
- Fort Worth
- Garland
- Grand Prairie
- Houston
- Irving
- Killeen
- Laredo
- Lubbock
- McAllen
- McKinney
- Mesquite
- Pasadena
- Plano
- Round Rock
- San Antonio
- Waco
Utah
Vermont
Virginia
- Alexandria
- Arlington County
- Charlottesville
- Chesapeake
- Fairfax County
- Hampton
- Newport News
- Norfolk
- Richmond
- Roanoke
- Virginia Beach
Washington
West Virginia
Wisconsin
Wyoming