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HUMAN
RIGHTS
CAMPAIGN®
Office of Mayor Taylor
P.O. Box 1230
Bozeman, MT 59771
September 19, 2017
Dear Mayor Taylor,
Enclosed, please find your city's final scorecard for the 2017 Municipal Equality Index (MEI).As
you know from our previous correspondence, the 2017 MEI is a nationwide evaluation of 506
cities on how inclusive cities' laws, policies, and services are of lesbian, gay, bisexual,
transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) people. The window to submit revisions to the 2017
scorecards is now closed.
As a reminder,we ask that you keep this scorecard strictly confidential. Although we are
providing you with a copy of your final scorecard, scores are not official and are thus subject to
change before the MEI is published and released in late October. We believe that
communicating fully and honestly with the cities being rated is a critical part of the project's
success, and when cities compromise the confidence of the project, they do so at the expense of
the other cities being rated.
The MEI scorecard will undergo several changes in 2018. New criteria added to the scorecard
include citywide single-occupancy all-gender facilities, conversion therapy bans, and city
employee domestic partner benefits for same-and different-sex couples.The criterion rating
school district anti-bullying policies will be removed and replaced with a youth bullying
prevention policy in all youth-facing city services. Moreover, points will be deducted for religious
exemptions that single out the LGBTQ community in non-discrimination protections at either
the state, county, or local level. Please see the 2017 MEI for full details on the 2018 scorecard
changes.
Thank you for your participation in this project.The 2017 MEI will be released in late October
and we will make scorecards public at that time. Please feel free to contact us
at mei@hrc.or with any questions.
We look forward to working with you again in 2018!
Sincerely,
Xavier Persad
Legislative Counsel
HUMAN RIGHTS CAMPAIGN 11640 RHODE ISLAND AVE. N.W. WASHINGTON D.C. 20036
P202-628-4160 1 F202-423-2861 I HRC@HRC.ORG