HRC: Half of US states get failing grade on LGBT protections

2019 Gay Pride Parade in Cincinnati, Ohio. (Photo: Jason Whitman / NurPhoto via Getty Images)

Half of U.S. states lack basic protections for LGBTQ people, according to a report released Wednesday by the Human Rights Campaign, the nation’s largest LGBTQ advocacy group,

The campaign’s State Equality Index, an annual ranking of laws and policies, found…