LGBTQ+ rights group reports progress at U.S. firms despite backlash

McDonald's becomes the latest company to roll back diversity goals

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The Human Rights Campaign gave McDonald's a perfect score of 100 for its LGBTQ+ employee policies on Jan. 7, a day after the fast food chain said it would no longer participate in the survey. © AP

NEW YORK (AP) -- A national rights group said Tuesday that more U.S. companies are providing strong benefits and protections to LGBTQ+ employees despite an ongoing effort by conservative activists to get high-profile brands to stop participating in the organization's annual workplace report card.

The education arm of the Human Rights Campaign released its latest Corporate Equality Index the day after McDonald's became the latest big company to say it would no longer provide information for the annual evaluation of policies affecting lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender employees.

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