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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.

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US state bans gay 'conversion' therapy

Pacific Standard Time — Monday, October 01, 2012

US state bans gay 'conversion' therapy: California's governor has signed into law a bill that bans the use of psychotherapy aimed at making gay teenagers straight. Governor Jerry Brown says the laws have no basis in science or medicine and will be relegated to the dustbin of quackery.

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Pacific Standard Time — Thursday, December 05, 2024

More than 70 per cent said they had been bullied or harassed at work, with 53 reporting that they had been subjected to racist comments made in their ... View article...

American LGBTQ+ Museum releases Pride Blend wine to raise funds for new home

Pacific Standard Time — Wednesday, December 11, 2024

The American LGBTQ+ Museum has teamed up with Laithwaites Wine to release a limited-edition wine to support its future spaces. View article...

Martin Luther King Day Lecture: Confronting Racism in Health

Pacific Standard Time — Tuesday, December 17, 2024

Her research examines the interface between racism -induced health outcomes and holistic anti- racist health approaches, with a particular focus on how ... View article...

UNESCO holds the Global Forum against Racism and Discrimination in Barcelona

Pacific Standard Time — Thursday, December 05, 2024

This edition of the Forum is preceded and accompanied in the city by the campaign “Lend your voice to fight racism ”, raising public awareness and ... View article...

Republicans decry proposed transgender-inclusive Kentucky Department of Corrections rules

Pacific Standard Time — Thursday, December 12, 2024

“Federal law requires many of the practices contained in the draft regulation, and the governor recognizes that LGBTQ inmates may be at heightened ... View article...

How the Coming Home Tour supports LGBTQ Wisconsinites this Holiday Season

Pacific Standard Time — Thursday, December 05, 2024

The statewide tour of PFLAG meetings shares stories of LGBTQ history and heritage to help people feel more grounded. View article...

Report finds potential historic LGBTQ district in Sacramento

Pacific Standard Time — Thursday, December 05, 2024

A report identifying a Sacramento LGBTQ neighborhood as a potential historic district was approved by the City Council in California's capital ... View article...

Ghana's Supreme Court paves way for anti-LGBTQ law

Pacific Standard Time — Thursday, December 19, 2024

Ghana's proposed anti- LGBTQ legislation is considered among the most stringent in Africa, stipulating jail terms of up to three years for engaging ... View article...

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Martin Luther King Day Lecture: Confronting Racism in Health

Pacific Standard Time — Tuesday, December 17, 2024

Her research examines the interface between racism -induced health outcomes and holistic anti- racist health approaches, with a particular focus on how ... View article...

Ghana's Supreme Court paves way for anti-LGBTQ law

Pacific Standard Time — Thursday, December 19, 2024

Ghana's proposed anti- LGBTQ legislation is considered among the most stringent in Africa, stipulating jail terms of up to three years for engaging ... View article...

How did “Black is Beautiful” become a German Political Slogan?

Pacific Standard Time — Tuesday, December 17, 2024

... racism are quite different from those in the U.S. Germans pride themselves on leaving Nazi-era racism behind, but the focus on overcoming ... View article...

Generative AI could increase education inequality, report warns

Pacific Standard Time — Monday, December 16, 2024

Generative AI technology could increase inequalities in education, according to a new report from the Digital Poverty Alliance (DPA). View article...

LGBTQ-owned Monrovia bookstore hosts its first 'gender-affirming care day'

Pacific Standard Time — Monday, December 16, 2024

Gender-affirming care is smaller, everyday things done to affirm one's gender and can be done by cisgender and trans individuals. View article...

Decolonising minds and hearts: unions leading the transformation of education

Pacific Standard Time — Tuesday, December 17, 2024

He highlighted unions' efforts to push for anti- racist policies, teacher training for culturally relevant pedagogy, and the inclusion of diverse ... View article...

"They don't get it": Kristin Chenoweth slams conservative group's "Wicked" LGBTQ boycott

Pacific Standard Time — Tuesday, December 17, 2024

One Million Moms is pushing a "Wicked" boycott due to the movie musical's supposed " LGBTQ agenda" View article...

Rep. Nancy Mace's position on LGBTQ community appears to have changed

Pacific Standard Time — Monday, December 16, 2024

Rep. Nancy Mace has recently made headlines and faced protests for her rhetoric around the transgender community, particularly for her efforts to ... View article...

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