Skip to main content

Stigmabase | North America

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.

|

EDIT: Decriminalizing medical marijuana

Pacific Standard Time — Monday, November 26, 2012

EDIT: Decriminalizing medical marijuana

A new law legalizing the sale of medical marijuana in Massachusetts will go into effect on Jan. 1, 2013. The law will allow 35 marijuana dispensaries to be opened in the state. Some communities are expressing concern over where these dispensaries will ...

LEGACY - for researchers

Top stories of the last 30 days

LGBTQ student group sues Texas A&M over campus drag show ban

Pacific Standard Time — Thursday, March 06, 2025

The lawsuit comes after the Board of Regents banned drag shows from the school's 11 public campuses. View article...

Bridging the gap: a comprehensive analysis of inequalities in maternal health facility ...

Pacific Standard Time — Wednesday, February 19, 2025

This study aimed to examine the inequality gaps in delivery in health facilities and associated factors among women of reproductive age in The Gambia ... View article...

The troubling anti-LGBTQ+ history of a conservative Wisconsin Supreme Court candidate

Pacific Standard Time — Monday, March 03, 2025

LGBTQ + rights are at stake in a race for a seat on the highest court in Wisconsin. At a campaign event earlier this month in Prairie du Chien ... View article...

Belgian football kicks off its annual fight against racism, discrimination, exclusion

Pacific Standard Time — Thursday, March 06, 2025

Belgium's football world kicks off its annual campaign to encourage players, coaches and supporters to fight racism , discrimination, ... View article...

'Friends' Actor Recalls Racist Incident While Filming Sitcom

Pacific Standard Time — Thursday, March 06, 2025

Friends actor Stephen Park is looking back at a racist incident he experienced while filming the hit sitcom in the 1990s. View article...

How Racism Impacts Black Health

Pacific Standard Time — Thursday, February 20, 2025

Medell Briggs-Malonson explains how factors like the stress of racism and diet during slavery contribute to poor health. View article...

NPS takes down web pages dedicated to transgender activists

Pacific Standard Time — Thursday, March 06, 2025

This is part of an ongoing move by the federal government to remove and alter National Park Service webpages related to LGBTQ history. View article...

North Dakota Legislature close to asking Supreme Court to undo landmark gay marriage ruling

Pacific Standard Time — Thursday, March 13, 2025

... LGBTQ hate group” by the LGBTQ advocacy organization GLAAD, is pushing the resolution across the country. Massachusetts became the first state to ... View article...

VANCOUVER

Stigmabase is a canadian non-profit internet initiative dedicated to informing and raising awareness on the damaging effects of social exclusion and stigma around the world. 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.

Powered by Blogger

2010 - 2025 ― Stigmabase Global Initiative || Keeping up-to-date on global exclusion

Labels

egaylity

Top stories of the last 7 days

North Dakota Legislature close to asking Supreme Court to undo landmark gay marriage ruling

Pacific Standard Time — Thursday, March 13, 2025

... LGBTQ hate group” by the LGBTQ advocacy organization GLAAD, is pushing the resolution across the country. Massachusetts became the first state to ... View article...

14 LGBTQ-affirming ministers lose credentials, more face investigation, over beliefs

Pacific Standard Time — Thursday, March 13, 2025

Grinning before a congregation on the outskirts of Indianapolis, a woman named Rhonda was baptized in a horse trough in 2014 as her girlfriend and ... View article...

Openly gay Pete Buttigieg drops major hint for presidential run in 2028

Pacific Standard Time — Thursday, March 13, 2025

Pete Buttigieg is set to announce that he will not run for Michigan's open Senate seat, hinting at a potential presidential bid in 2028. View article...

Kentucky lawmakers debate systemic racism in crucial vote to ban DEI in public colleges

Pacific Standard Time — Thursday, March 13, 2025

while ignoring systemic racism . “The past is what we are now. We didn't come out of a puff of air. We were developed and we evolved, and we had ... View article...

'Hate Has No Place in Alabama': Amid Selma 60th Anniversary Commemorations, Mayors ...

Pacific Standard Time — Tuesday, March 11, 2025

“Antisemitism and racism are real, and each must be confronted without qualifications or double standards. And mayors have unique contributions to ... View article...

UN Chief Urges Action Against Gender Inequality

Pacific Standard Time — Wednesday, March 12, 2025

UN Chief Urges Action Against Gender Inequality ... During a recent town hall meeting in New York, UN Secretary-General António Guterres emphasized the ... View article...

Suspended LVMPD sergeant claims charges are retaliation for calling out racism

Pacific Standard Time — Thursday, March 13, 2025

His attorneys claim he's being unfairly targeted by prosecutors after blowing the whistle on racism within the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police ... View article...

Attackers use Grindr to ambush LGBTQ Israelis

Pacific Standard Time — Wednesday, March 12, 2025

... LGBTQ individuals, resulting in a series of violent assaults, including stabbings and attempted lynchings. Aguda, the Israeli Association for LGBTQ ... View article...

ABOUT STIGMABASE
Request for Review

Total Pageviews