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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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Lawmakers' opposition to gay rights law shames Hong Kong

Pacific Standard Time — Thursday, November 15, 2012

Lawmakers' opposition to gay rights law shames Hong Kong: In fact, homosexual acts between consenting adults in private were decriminalised in the early 1990s. Yet there are still some conservative forces in Hong Kong that oppose homosexuality and discriminate against homosexuals and their lifestyle choices.

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Pacific Standard Time — Monday, June 23, 2025

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Pacific Standard Time — Monday, June 23, 2025

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Pacific Standard Time — Monday, June 23, 2025

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Pacific Standard Time — Monday, June 23, 2025

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US wealth inequality in 2022: A modest reversal at the top, persistent challenges below

Pacific Standard Time — Monday, June 23, 2025

The causes and consequences of income and wealth inequality are central concerns in economic research and policy discussions. View article...

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Pacific Standard Time — Monday, June 23, 2025

The current assaults on LGBTQ rights make it essential that communicators make sure they are fluent in the fight against those assaults. L. View article...

Carmel teens organized their own Pride festival. 5 years later, it's one of Indiana's biggest

Pacific Standard Time — Monday, June 23, 2025

In the span of just four weeks, they organized an LGBT pride festival for about 2,000 people. Indianapolis already had a longstanding monthlong ... View article...

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Pacific Standard Time — Monday, June 23, 2025

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Pacific Standard Time — Wednesday, July 16, 2025

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Pacific Standard Time — Wednesday, July 16, 2025

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Pacific Standard Time — Tuesday, July 15, 2025

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Pacific Standard Time — Monday, July 14, 2025

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Pacific Standard Time — Friday, July 18, 2025

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