Report: Toledo below national average on LGBT equality

The Human Rights Campaign, the nation’s largest lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) civil rights organization, recently released its third annual report assessing LGBT equality in 353 cities across the nation, including six in Ohio.

The group’s Municipal Equality Index rates cities on LGBT inclusion in municipal law and policy. The average score for cities in Ohio was 83 out of 100 points, which is above the national average of 59. Toledo, with 58, is the only Ohio city to fall below that average. Other Ohio cities rated include Akron (68), Cincinnati (100), Cleveland (79), Columbus (100) and Dayton (95). For more information, visit hrc.org/mei.