The Most LGBT Friendly City?

Well that is what the mayor of Philadelphia wants.

Yesterday I wrote about Red Lion Area School District in Pennsylvania that is trying to become the least LGBT friendly town in Pennsylvania and today I want to write about Philadelphia to show that it is not necessarily all bad news coming out of Pennsylvania.

Philly mayor signs broad LGBT rights legislation
The Delaware County Daily Times
By Joann Loviglio, Associated Press
Published: Friday, May 10, 2013

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Mayor Michael Nutter signed legislation Thursday to afford equal rights to lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people, saying he hoped Philadelphia would become "the most LGBT-friendly" city in the world.

Nutter, city and state lawmakers and gay rights advocates said the legislation makes Philadelphia the first city in the U.S. to offer tax credits to companies that extend the same health care coverage to LGBT employees' domestic partners and their children as they provide to heterosexual spouses and their children.
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"My goal is for Philadelphia to be one of, if not the most, LGBT-friendly cities in the world and a leader on equality issues," said Nutter, adding that the signing struck a personal note because his friend, the late City Councilman John Anderson, was a gay man and a mentor who inspired him 30 years ago to pursue a life of public service.

Also last year the Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority said that they will remove the gender identification stickers from monthly transit passes. In the past the authority stamped the gender on transit passes which caused a hardship to trans and gender non-conforming people.

So even though Red Lion Area School District discriminates, there are other parts of the state that are open and affirming for LGBT people.