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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.

US mental guidelines attacked

Pacific Standard Time — Friday, February 10, 2012

US mental guidelines attacked: By Andrew Jack Planned US psychiatric guidelines risk substantially increasing the number of people classified as mentally ill while doing little to help them, leading British health specialists have warned. Proposals in the draft American Psychiatric ...

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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 ...

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...

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 ...

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...

If you don't count it, you don't have to fix it

Pacific Standard Time — Monday, August 17, 2026

In the twisted logic of this political moment, counting racial inequality is treated as a form of racial discrimination, while actual discrimination ... View article...

Education is not the great equaliser' – Professor warns Malta's system risks reproducing inequality

Pacific Standard Time — Monday, August 17, 2026

Borg said Malta's above-average university participation should not obscure persistent inequalities elsewhere in the education system. He said simply ... 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...

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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 ...

Do you think treating students differently based on their race is ever justified in order to ...

Pacific Standard Time — Monday, September 07, 2026

Do you think colleges and universities that use race as a factor in admissions or other programs in an attempt to reduce racial inequality should or ... View article...

Long-Run Trends in Poverty, Inequality, and Mobility

Pacific Standard Time — Monday, September 07, 2026

In anticipation of the annual release of new Census Bureau income and poverty estimates on September 15, this event provides an opportunity to ... View article...

People-related issues just as 'financially material' for businesses as climate: panel

Pacific Standard Time — Monday, September 07, 2026

Panellists say businesses should engage more stakeholders to address inequality Read more at The Business Times. View article...

Wealth inequality is undermining basic human rights

Pacific Standard Time — Monday, September 07, 2026

By enacting equitable/appropriate legislation and income tax strategies which reduce wealth inequality . But morality, at times, does not guide ... View article...

LGBTQ+ trailblazers honored in a beautiful new mural in this US city

Pacific Standard Time — Tuesday, September 08, 2026

Tyrone Smith, who died on February 18, 2025, aged 82, was an award-winning LGBTQ activist, AIDS awareness advocate, community leader, consultant ... View article...

China's memories of Mao fade to nostalgia 50 years after his death

Pacific Standard Time — Monday, September 07, 2026

Mao, who led the 1949 communist revolution against the ruling nationalists, ushered in an era of collectivised ownership he argued ... View article...

Aftermath of mass shooting at LGBTQ nightclub Club Q in Colorado Springs

Pacific Standard Time — Monday, September 07, 2026

Eli Bazan holds up his fist with members and allies of the LGBTQ community during a march in solidarity with the group "Armed With Love" to ... View article...

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