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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.

Bullying is Bad for Your Health

Pacific Standard Time — Wednesday, July 04, 2012

Bullying is Bad for Your Health: We know that bullying causes mental anguish, thus body's stress response system – the release of cortisol, the “stress hormone” - kicks in to protect us from danger. The body does not distinguish between physical danger vs. emotional danger; it just ...

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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...

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...

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...

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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 ...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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 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...

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...

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