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Legal protections for LGBTQ Americans vary widely, based on location and states and cities, the report found. Around 20 states have non-discrimination laws in place but the report found that cities are making more progress quicker than states.
A perfect score of 100 points was awarded to four Ohio cities, including Dayton, Cincinnati, Columbus and Akron, according to the report. The national average for cities was 57 points.
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The number of cities with perfect scores has increased six times the number with perfect scores in 2012, according to the Human Rights Campaign.
Toledo received a score of 89 while Cleveland received a score of 81, according to the report. Lakewood, a suburb of Cleveland received a 77 and Columbus suburb Dublin received a 45, according to the report.
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