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*Information for this map was pulled from equalitypa.org
Total area of Pennsylvania that includes LGBT rights and protections is less than 3% of the state. The population of Pennsylvania affected by those rights and protections is around 28%. 48 Pennsylvania municipalities include LGBT rights and protections not covered by the state City of Philadelphia (1982 SO, 2002 GIE) City of Harrisburg (1983) City of Pittsburgh (1990 SO, 1997 GIE) City of York (1998) City of Lancaster (2001) City of Allentown (2002) Erie County (2002) City of Erie (2002) New Hope Borough (2002) City of Scranton (2003) Swarthmore Borough (2006) West Chester Borough (2006) City of Easton (2006) Lansdowne Borough (2006) State College Borough (2007) Allegheny County (2009) The counties which cover LGBT rights are Allegheny, Erie and Philadelphia
City of Reading (2009) Doylestown Borough (2010) Lower Merion Township (2010) Borough of Conshohocken (2011) Haverford Township (2011) City of Bethlehem (2011) Springfield Township (2011) Newtown Borough (2011) Whitemarsh Township (2011) Jenkintown Borough (2011) Susquehanna Township (2011) Cheltenham Borough (2012) Abington Township (2012) Upper Merion Township (2012) East Norriton Township (2012) City of Pittston (2013) All other Pennsylvania municipalities on the map listed as cities, boroughs and townships
If your municipality wants to enact an LGBTQ Equality Ordinance, please e-mail John Dawe at jdawe@ equalitypa.org and we’ll connect you with our legal experts and provide training and model language.
Bristol Borough (2013) Downingtown (2014) Ambler Borough (2016) Dickson City Borough (2016) City of Wilkes-Barre (2016) Carlisle Borough (2016) Kennett Square Borough (2017) Phoenixville (2017) Royersford (2017) Camp Hill (2017) Mt. Lebanon Township (2017) Stroudsburg (2017) Narbeth Borough (2017) Upper Dublin Township (2017) Plymouth Township [Montgomery County] (2018) Bridgeport Borough (2018)
Five Municipalties have passed ordinances banning Conversion Therapy: Allentown Doylestown Philadelphia Pittsburgh State College