Philadelphia has achieved a perfect score – the third time in three years – on the 2015 Municipal Equality Index, which grades U.S. cities for the level of local protections for LGBT people.
The city was one of 47 in the United States – a record number – to attain 100 points on the 2015 scorecard compiled by the Human Rights Campaign Foundation.
To earn perfect scores, cities must embrace comprehensive transgender-inclusive laws and policies that often go beyond explicit protections offered by their state or the federal government.