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Earlier this week, the Human Rights Campaign Foundation published its fifth annual Municipal Equality Index, a report that assesses cities and towns throughout the country on how inclusive their laws are to the LGBTQ community. Both Boston<\/a> and Worcester<\/a>, the first and second largest cities in New England, received perfect scores of 100 this year. <\/p>\n

Bowditch & Dewey, LLP is proud to serve these two communities, where inclusion and advocacy is valued.<\/p>\n

See the rest of the 2016 results on the Human Rights Campaign Foundation’s website<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Earlier this week, the Human Rights Campaign Foundation published its fifth annual Municipal Equality Index, a report that assesses cities and towns throughout the country on how inclusive their laws are to the LGBTQ community. 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