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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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Psychiatry divided as mental health 'bible' denounced

Pacific Standard Time — Friday, May 03, 2013

Psychiatry divided as mental health 'bible' denounced: The world's biggest mental health research institute is abandoning the new version of psychiatry's "bible" – the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, questioning its validity and stating that "patients with mental disorders deserve ...

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Left behind by politicians

Pacific Standard Time — Thursday, April 24, 2025

Inequality is the elephant in the room. It is behind every major debate issue: tariffs, national security, public safety, affordability, and climate ... View article...

Killing of Indigenous Boy Suggests Racist Violence is Alive and Well in Australia

Pacific Standard Time — Thursday, April 24, 2025

... racism since Australia's colonisation in the late 18th century. The Latest Incident. Aboriginal teenager Cassius Turvey was the victim of a brutal ... View article...

Parents Object to LGBTQ Books

Pacific Standard Time — Thursday, April 24, 2025

... LGBTQ themed books in an elementary school curriculum. Constitutional law expert Harold Krent, a professor at the Chicago-Kent College of Law ... View article...

Az Gov. Hobbs signs bill meant to censor LGBTQ+ content

Pacific Standard Time — Thursday, May 15, 2025

In a blow to Arizona LGBTQ+ and First Amendment advocates, Democratic Gov. Katie Hobbs signed a bill that could make posting information or images ... View article...

Racism raising its ugly head again in the North and South for the sake of power

Pacific Standard Time — Tuesday, May 20, 2025

Racism has begun to raise its ugly head again in the North and South for the sake of power, President Anura Kumara Dissanayake said yesterday. View article...

Lebanon crisis driving parents to seek unregulated “shadow” education, study shows

Pacific Standard Time — Thursday, April 24, 2025

The government's ongoing neglect of public education is intensifying social inequality , experts have warned. ... inequalities and widening the gap ... View article...

Reducing diversity, equity and inclusion to a catchphrase undermines its true purpose

Pacific Standard Time — Thursday, April 24, 2025

When used as an abbreviation, DEI's role in tackling racism and bias becomes susceptible to political manipulation and dismantling. View article...

A Case Study Examining How Purdue Pharma Sought to Leverage Racial Health Disparities ...

Pacific Standard Time — Thursday, May 15, 2025

Segmenting populations by race and ethnicity to specifically target racialized populations for market expansion exemplifies structural racism in ... View article...

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Racism raising its ugly head again in the North and South for the sake of power

Pacific Standard Time — Tuesday, May 20, 2025

Racism has begun to raise its ugly head again in the North and South for the sake of power, President Anura Kumara Dissanayake said yesterday. View article...

LGBT+ Labour criticises plans to bar trans women from conference

Pacific Standard Time — Wednesday, May 21, 2025

Leaked Labour documents about its planned Women's Conference have been condemned as "attempt to isolate" trans people by LGBT+ Labour. View article...

Chilean lawmakers back report that calls for suspension of program for trans children

Pacific Standard Time — Wednesday, May 21, 2025

The 56-31 vote in favor of the Investigation Commission No. 57’s recommendations for the Gender Identity Support Program sparked outrage among activists in Chile and around the world. Six lawmakers abstained. View article...

Andrew Doyle talks Stroud Pride, Gender Ideology, and the Erasure of Gay Rights

Pacific Standard Time — Monday, May 19, 2025

Andrew Doyle delves into the evolving dynamics within the LGBTQ+ movement. He discusses how contemporary Pride events, such as Stroud Pride, ... View article...

Federal judge in Texas rules LGBTQ+ people can be discriminated against at work

Pacific Standard Time — Monday, May 19, 2025

... judge in the Northern District of Texas, ruled on the EEOC's treatment of Title VII employment discrimination claims on gay and trans people. View article...

100 years ago, the pioneering LGBTQ+ rights leader Frank Kameny was born

Pacific Standard Time — Tuesday, May 20, 2025

During his induction, an officer asked him, “Do you have homosexual tendencies?” He said no, as did many gay men. Through an Army program, he took ... View article...

Racine LGBTQ center abruptly closes; staff seeks clarity

Pacific Standard Time — Tuesday, May 20, 2025

After more than a decade, the LGBT Center of SE Wisconsin is now shut down, and staff members say they felt blindsided. View article...

Inequality magnifies climate impacts worldwide, climate scientist writes in new book.

Pacific Standard Time — Wednesday, May 21, 2025

Author Friederike Otto analyzes colonialism, inequality , and how climate action can improve our lives. View article...

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