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HUMAN
RIGHTS
CAMPAIGN,
Office of Mayor Andrus
P.O. Box 1230
Bozeman, MT 59771
September 18, 2018
Dear Mayor Andrus,
Enclosed, please find your city's final scorecard for the 2018 Municipal Equality Index (MEI). As
you know from our previous correspondence,the 2018 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 2018
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 mid-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.
There are no planned changes to the MEI scorecard for 2019.Throughout the year,we will
have resources, sample language, and issue briefs available to improve your city's score for
next year.
Thank you for your participation in this project.The 2018 MEI will be released in mid-October
and we will make scorecards public at that time on hrc.org/mei. You will receive a final
correspondence informing you of the exact release date once that is determined. Please feel
free to contact us at.mei@hrc.org with any questions.
We look forward to working with you again in 2019!
Sincerely,
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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 MEI@HRC.ORG