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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.

Medical marijuana initiative likely headed for Florida ballot

Pacific Standard Time — Tuesday, January 07, 2014

Medical marijuana initiative likely headed for Florida ballot - Backers of a constitutional amendment to allow Florida patients to use marijuana for medical purposes say they will turn in enough signatures to ...

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UN Forum Explores Ongoing Discrimination Faced By People of African Descent

Pacific Standard Time — Sunday, November 26, 2017

UN Forum Explores Ongoing Discrimination Faced By People of African Descent - Participants from Europe, Central Asia and North America gathered this week at a United Nations forum in Geneva to explore ways to combat racial discrimination and to ensure effective promotion and protection of the human rights of people of African descent. Speaking at the opening of the two-day ...

Elder Queers offers a forum for LGBTQ connection while honoring those ...

Pacific Standard Time — Thursday, February 26, 2026

I realized later in life that I was queer and started to explore the local LGBTQ community more intentionally. I appear younger than I am (Black ... View article...

Gender inequality: female top guns discuss silent malaise in ivory towers

Pacific Standard Time — Monday, May 25, 2026

One of such is in the area of gender inequality and subtle, sometimes outright discrimination against the female gender. It is for this reason that ... View article...

Community health fair aims to change stigma of mental illness

Pacific Standard Time — Sunday, May 17, 2015

Community health fair aims to change stigma of mental illness - “It's embarrassing to admit that you can't do this. But one thing that I've learned here at this fair, is that mental illness is ...

Songs by Diana Ross, Cher and more among Billboard's Greatest LGBTQ Anthems of All Time

Pacific Standard Time — Wednesday, June 03, 2026

Happy Pride Month! In honor of the occasion, Billboard has put together a list of the 100 Greatest LGBTQ Anthems of All Time, which features songs ... View article...

Aboriginal groups warn racism remains entrenched across Victoria's public systems

Pacific Standard Time — Thursday, July 02, 2026

Systemic racism across Victoria's healthcare, child protection and policing systems is continuing to harm First Nations people, ... View article...

Racial inequality in the social care workforce: what the data says

Pacific Standard Time — Wednesday, July 08, 2026

How white and minority ethnic staff in English councils compare in relation to pay, seniority and experience of bullying. View article...

We have vast inequality in our society and Andy Burnham has to grasp this agenda. Every single deci

Pacific Standard Time — Monday, July 06, 2026

We have vast inequality in our society and Andy Burnham has to grasp this agenda. Every single decision has to be about how can we redistribute ... View article...

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Bipartisan Lawmakers Urge Reinstatement of 988 LGBTQ+ Suicide Crisis Line

Pacific Standard Time — Thursday, July 16, 2026

Representative Sharice Davids joined a bipartisan group of her colleagues to urge the Trump Administration to reinstate the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline's LGBTQ+ phone line. One year ago, the administration ended the LGBTQ+ “Press 3” option. Following sustained bipartisan pressure and Congress appropriating funding to restore the service, the administration has announced plans to bring it back “by the end of the year” View article...

So much the worse for the facts?

Pacific Standard Time — Thursday, July 16, 2026

Chequeado examines the rise of racist abuse during the 2026 FIFA World Cup, highlighting that racism was the most common form of discrimination ... View article...

NT government slammed for federal racism inquiry no-show as committee hears evidence in Darwin

Pacific Standard Time — Thursday, July 16, 2026

A national inquiry into racism against First Nations people, launched after an alleged terror attack in Perth, has heard allegations of systemic ... View article...

The Future of Queer Cinema: What These LGBTQ Filmmakers Are Making and Who They're ...

Pacific Standard Time — Thursday, July 16, 2026

Some of the most inventive and exciting work in film and television right now is coming from LGBTQ directors, writers, and producers moving ... View article...

LGBTQ+ survivors sometimes fear emergency shelters

Pacific Standard Time — Thursday, July 16, 2026

The report examined the prevalence of these experiences and barriers to seeking help among LGBT survivors — it found that: 40.4% of lesbian women ... View article...

America's math and reading scores collapsed when schools went digital. AI may be a greater threat

Pacific Standard Time — Monday, July 20, 2026

America's math and reading scores tanked after schools ditched textbooks for screens—and AI could worsen the brain rot ... Add Fortune on Google for ... View article...

Why inequality, not growth, is Kenya's biggest challenge yet

Pacific Standard Time — Monday, July 20, 2026

According to Marx, capitalism thrives on this imbalance. Workers create value through their labour, yet they receive only a fraction of the wealth ... View article...

Londoners share racist abuse stories amid hate crime report rise

Pacific Standard Time — Thursday, July 16, 2026

With racist hate crimes on the increase, young Londoners speak out about the abuse they have faced. View article...

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