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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.

Year of deaths, and firsts: 2014 in the gay Middle East

Pacific Standard Time — Sunday, December 28, 2014

Year of deaths, and firsts: 2014 in the gay Middle East
- From mass arrests in Egypt and Lebanon to executions in Syria and Iran, 2014 was a largely acidic year for LGBT Middle Easterners, who are subject ...

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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 ...

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...

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...

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 ...

Intersectional inequalities, structural racism, and environmental ...

Pacific Standard Time — Thursday, June 11, 2026

At the same time, stark geographic inequalities within Europe persist, with health outcomes and system capacity varying significantly across regions. View article...

Black girls hit by double burden of racism and misogyny online

Pacific Standard Time — Tuesday, June 09, 2026

... racism and misogyny online, with charities warning that harmful content ... Misogynoir is a term referring to the combined force of anti-Black racism ... View article...

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...

Being a Queer Immigrant in a Time of White Christian Nationalism

Pacific Standard Time — Tuesday, June 16, 2026

I escaped anti-LGBTQ+ violence and intimidation in my native country only to find it here in the United States. View article...

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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 ...

'Designed to harm': the grim picture of racism in Australia painted by hundreds of inquiry submissions

Pacific Standard Time — Tuesday, June 23, 2026

"Throughout my life, I have had racist comments said directly to my face. Those moments are painful, and they stay with you. “But racism today is ... View article...

Inequality in German education system persists

Pacific Standard Time — Monday, June 22, 2026

The National Education Report once again affirmed inequality in the education system, while the German government continues to fail to address ... View article...

Left-wing economists ponder how to solve wealth inequality

Pacific Standard Time — Wednesday, June 24, 2026

Left-wing economist Thomas Piketty, alongside others produced a 'Global Justice Report' which outline a plan to tackle wealth inequality . View article...

Amnesty slams EU migration cooperation with 'xenophobic and racist' Libya

Pacific Standard Time — Tuesday, June 23, 2026

"The European Union is seeking to expand its migration cooperation with rival Libyan authorities and allied armed groups just ... View article...

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