Arkansas Ranks Last As Welcoming To LGBTQ People

USA Today reports

Each year for the last six, gay advocacy group Out Leadership has produced an index gauging the business climate for gay and transgender people state by state, mapping out where they can live and work with the least discrimination and hardship.

Last year as anti-LGBTQ+ bills swarmed statehouses across the country, the average score for all 50 states dropped for the first time.

New York was the highest-ranking state in LGBTQ+ equality for the fourth year in a row, scoring 93.67 out of a possible 100 points. Arkansas was the lowest-ranking state for the second straight year, scoring an all-time low of 27 points.

Read the full article.

Many of you would surely have expected Florida to rank last and indeed, earlier this week Axios ranked Florida as the nation’s least LGBTQ-friendly state. However, a welcoming “business climate” is different from general friendliness.

See Out Leadership’s full ranking below and a video message from Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer in which she celebrates her state’s rise in the annual index.

For gay and transgender people, these are the most (and least) welcoming states.
https://t.co/NyRqEGnvm6

— The Register-Guard (@registerguard) June 3, 2024

Extraordinarily angry and sad to have to post this, but this morning @Axios has a story labeling Florida as “America’s least gay-friendly state”https://t.co/MzABUBtXMw#FlaPol

— Peter Schorsch (@PeterSchorschFL) June 1, 2024

ALERT

LGBTQ+ RIGHTS IN THE UNITED STATES IN ALARMING DECLINE.
For the second year in a row, the average state score on the Out Leadership State LGBTQ+ Business Climate Index has dropped. pic.twitter.com/qiAt8fkpMU

— Out Leadership (@OutLeadership) June 4, 2024

For the third year running, more states in the union have become more unfriendly to the LGBTQ+ community. pic.twitter.com/52kLru2vkZ

— Out Leadership (@OutLeadership) June 4, 2024

States are becoming increasingly polarized. While a handful of states have become ever-stronger safe havens for equality, in many states the situation is deteriorating. pic.twitter.com/FELAUjmzbI

— Out Leadership (@OutLeadership) June 4, 2024

Read the full report at https://t.co/wkKsPi3wpI pic.twitter.com/ScYdYIYSJe

— Out Leadership (@OutLeadership) June 4, 2024

#OLClimateIndex #ReturnOnEquality #outleadership #pride #pridemonth #gaypride #lgbtqpride #lgbtpride #lgbtq #lgbt #lesbian #gay #bisexual #transgender #trans pic.twitter.com/oLqlOROQjX

— Out Leadership (@OutLeadership) June 4, 2024

6th Annual State LGBTQ+ Business Climate Index 2024 https://t.co/DringnPgCn

— Out Leadership (@OutLeadership) June 4, 2024

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