Last week, Out Leadership – a global business network that aims to make LGBTQ+ equality a priority in global C-Suites – released a State LGBTQ+ Business Climate Index for 2022.
The index basically scores and ranks each state based on "20 carefully selected and nuanced markers" to determine how business-friendly and/or discriminatory they are towards the LGBTQ+ community.
With conservative Oklahoma politicians, voters, and other wackos across the state loudly and proudly leading the charge to demonize the LGBTQ+ community and make sure it's as unequal as possible, it probably shouldn't be a surprise to learn that Oklahoma ranked in the 49th spot, just a couple of points in front of our bigoted pals in South Carolina.
Here's the Bottom 10:
