Jersey City And Hoboken Among 5 Towns To Score A Perfect LGBTQ+ Rating

NEW JERSEY — Five cities and towns in New Jersey received perfect scores for LGBTQ+ inclusivity recently, according to the Human Rights Campaign (HRC) Foundation's 11th annual Municipal Equality Index, which evaluated hundreds of locales around the nation.

The HRC graded on a 1-100 scale in its report, released in partnership with The Equality Federation Institute. These five New Jersey towns got perfect scores: Hoboken, Lambertville (Hunterdon County), Jersey City, Montclair and Princeton.

There were also several New Jersey cities that received low scores. Read more about the rankings and towns here.

Josh Bakan reported for this story.