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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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New plan targets health care bias against transgender people

Pacific Standard Time — Thursday, September 03, 2015

New plan targets health care bias against transgender people
- The long-delayed rule amounts to a manual for carrying out the anti-discrimination section of President Barack Obama's health care law.

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Pacific Standard Time — Thursday, January 30, 2025

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Pacific Standard Time — Monday, January 27, 2025

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Pacific Standard Time — Wednesday, January 29, 2025

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Pacific Standard Time — Wednesday, January 29, 2025

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Pacific Standard Time — Tuesday, February 04, 2025

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Texas lawmakers push bills to restrict DEI, LGBTQ+ studies in colleges

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Pacific Standard Time — Monday, February 10, 2025

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Pacific Standard Time — Wednesday, February 12, 2025

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Pacific Standard Time — Monday, February 10, 2025

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Pacific Standard Time — Thursday, February 13, 2025

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