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Updates & Legacy — Stigmabase is a Canadian Non-Governmental & Nonprofit Initiative. Our mission is to inform about stigma around the world and make the data collected accessible for researchers. Stigmabase is very attentive to misinformation and lists only reliable sources. — The marginalization of individuals or categories of individuals is a too common phenomenon. Millions of people are facing this problem around the world and many complex factors are involved.

Quebec targets bullying with new law, $1 million ad campaign

Pacific Standard Time — Sunday, February 12, 2012

Quebec targets bullying with new law, $1 million ad campaign

MONTREAL - Quebec Premier Jean Charest called for an end to bullying, Sunday morning, as he and several ministers held a press conference to announce new measures to promote awareness and action on the issue. Quebec Vice-Premier and Minister of ...

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LGBTQ advocates ask Virginia leaders to rescind proposed policies for trans students

Pacific Standard Time — Thursday, November 24, 2022

In light of the recent mass shooting at a gay nightclub in Colorado Springs, an LGBTQ advocacy group is asking leaders in Virginia to rescind ...

Mail sorter loses claim for bullying

Pacific Standard Time — Tuesday, February 17, 2015

Mail sorter loses claim for bullying - The High Court has dismissed a mail sorter's claims she was subjected to a campaign of bullying and harassment which left her “terrified” about ...

Why is sociology the hate-piñata of the social sciences?

Pacific Standard Time — Monday, August 24, 2026

But when sociologists talk about our findings on inequality , we often highlight its negative consequences. By arguing that inequalities might be ... View article...

The invisible lives of LGBT immigrants

Pacific Standard Time — Wednesday, August 13, 2014

The invisible lives of LGBT immigrants - This is especially true for LGBT immigrants who are living in the U.S. without documentation. The immense pressure Villeges felt to live up to his ...

LGBTQ+ passages cut from Russian edition of Pope Francis' memoir

Pacific Standard Time — Tuesday, August 18, 2026

The Russian edition of Pope Francis' autobiography had passages about LGBTQ+ issues censored, according to media reports. View article...

Korea risks 'capability divide' in its pursuit for AI leadership

Pacific Standard Time — Monday, August 31, 2026

I call the emerging inequality around this phenomenon a "capability divide": the growing distance between environments where AI deepens human ... View article...

Motion urging Montreal to cut ties with Israel ignites controversy

Pacific Standard Time — Tuesday, August 25, 2026

Montreal's former anti- racism commissioner sues Jewish advocacy group · Philanthropist behind Canadian human rights museum says family pausing ... View article...

Global justice report offers bold ideas but misses the realities of 2 billion informal workers

Pacific Standard Time — Wednesday, September 02, 2026

As economists and experts on labour, inequality and the informal economy, we believe there is a great deal to support in the report, which was ... View article...

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Iceland implements gender-neutral blood donor rules

Pacific Standard Time — Thursday, September 10, 2026

is permanently prohibited from donating blood. Iceland is the latest country to lift restrictions for LGBTQ blood donors. The Australian Red Cross ... View article...

Dolly Parton paid for her longtime driver's gender-affirming care: report

Pacific Standard Time — Thursday, September 10, 2026

Parton's support of the LGBTQ community and her kindness to people who worked for her 'wasn't an act,' the editor of her 1994 memoir said after ... View article...

Wrongful convictions are not mere coincidence, says sociology professor in new book

Pacific Standard Time — Thursday, September 10, 2026

Often, research about wrongful convictions studies isolated moments in the criminal justice process, whether it be an arrest, a trial or an exoneration. In her new book, “Crime Fictions: How Racist Lies Built a System of Mass Wrongful Conviction,” Associate Professor of Sociology Nicole Gonzalez Van Cleve challenges View article...

France far right expels policeman member over racist remarks

Pacific Standard Time — Thursday, September 10, 2026

France's main far-right party has expelled a member who is a policeman after body cam footage of him making racist comments sparked outrage ahead ... View article...

How a flock of 'gay rams' escaped the slaughterhouse to rule a New York fashion runway

Pacific Standard Time — Thursday, September 10, 2026

This German farmer saved gay rams from slaughter, turning their wool into high-fashion runway looks that fund global LGBTQ+ rights. View article...

90 percent of LGBTQ groups around the world have lost funding since 2025

Pacific Standard Time — Thursday, September 10, 2026

The New York-based global advocacy group surveyed 229 LGBTQ and intersex rights groups in 94 countries. Forty-nine percent of the organizations that ... View article...

How China Is Stealing America's AI

Pacific Standard Time — Thursday, September 10, 2026

American companies will spend roughly $700 billion this year on the physical build-out of artificial intelligence: data centers, chips, ... View article...

Far-right narratives and global conflict are reaching the classroom, leaders warn

Pacific Standard Time — Thursday, September 10, 2026

How to engage parents and communities when anti- racism work is challenged; How to strengthen leadership accountability and embed anti- racist practice ... View article...

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