City Of Greenboro: Greensboro Gets Perfect Score In 2021 Municipal Equality Index

Greensboro NC

20 December, 2021

12:17 PM

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Press release from the City of Greensboro: 12/20/2021 9:43 AM The City of Greensboro scored a perfect 100 points in the latest listing of the Human Rights Campaign's Municipal Equality Index (MEI). The score ranks Greensboro first among all cities in North Carolina, tied with Chapel Hill and Durham. This marks the first time Greensboro has recorded a perfect score and the seventh consecutive year it ranked first or second among NC cities. The MEI examines the laws, policies and services of municipalities and rates them on the basis of their inclusivity of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) people who live and work in the city. Among the index categories where Greensboro scored highest were in municipal services, law enforcement and the City's relationship with the LGBT community. The annual MEI is produced by the Human Rights Campaign, which represents more than 1.5 million members and supporters of LGBT equality in the US. The full MEI listing is available online. Greensboro's ranking compared to North Carolina cities listed in the MEI: Greensboro – 100; Chapel Hill - 100; Durham - 100 Winston-Salem - 87 Charlotte - 87 Carrboro - 84 Raleigh - 69 Fayetteville - 39 Wilmington - 36 Cary - 12 The City of Greensboro scored a perfect 100 points in the latest listing of the Human Rights Campaign's Municipal Equality Index (MEI). The score ranks Greensboro first among all cities in North Carolina, tied with Chapel Hill and Durham. This marks the first time Greensboro has recorded a perfect score and the seventh consecutive year it ranked first or second among NC cities. The MEI examines the laws, policies and services of municipalities and rates them on the basis of their inclusivity of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) people who live and work in the city. Among the index categories where Greensboro scored highest were in municipal services, law enforcement and the City's relationship with the LGBT community. The annual MEI is produced by the Human Rights Campaign, which represents more than 1.5 million members and supporters of LGBT equality in the US. The full MEI listing is available online. Greensboro's ranking compared to North Carolina cities listed in the MEI: This press release was produced by the City of Greensboro. The views expressed here are the author's own.