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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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State senator files bill to expand medical marijuana use in Texas

Pacific Standard Time — Tuesday, August 08, 2017

State senator files bill to expand medical marijuana use in Texas
- Texas Senator Jose Menendez has filed a bill to extend the use of medical marijuana in Texas to include cancer, post-traumatic stress ...

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DeSantis Doesn't Believe 'LGBTQ Individuals Should Be Welcome in the State,' Community ...

Pacific Standard Time — Monday, September 16, 2024

After Visit Florida erased the LGBTQ travel section, community members and businesses are fighting back against the state's move. View article...

Resources are out there for LGBTQ+ travelers looking to stay safe

Pacific Standard Time — Monday, September 16, 2024

Do LGBTQ+ tourists have a green book-like system for staying safe while traveling in these politically precarious times? View article...

Will AI Solve The World's Inequality Problem – Or Make It Worse?

Pacific Standard Time — Monday, September 16, 2024

Explore the dual impact of AI on societal inequality : will it widen the wealth gap ... We know that globally, inequality is rising as the gap between ... View article...

Boston : In Cambridge, inequality is rampant. But now, pre-k is free

Pacific Standard Time — Monday, September 16, 2024

Several hundred families — rich, poor, and in between — will get for free education that can otherwise cost more than $30000 per child this year. View article...

Obi links insecurity in Africa to poverty, unemployment, inequality, corruption

Pacific Standard Time — Monday, September 30, 2024

... inequality among the variables fueling insecurity and conflicts in Africa. “I joined global leaders, former presidents, prime ministers, serving ... View article...

What does it mean to be poor? The Australian government isn't sure

Pacific Standard Time — Monday, September 30, 2024

Australia is terrible at measuring poverty. In fact, the country can’t even agree on what poverty is. Is it just about how much you get paid? What if you own your own home? What if you have access to almost everything you need, but you just don’t have a lot of cash? View article...

Seven Children: Inequality and Britain's Next Generation by Danny Dorling review

Pacific Standard Time — Monday, September 30, 2024

Inspired by the documentary Seven Up! and based on real data, this important book exposes the extent of inequality in the UK and what it means for ... View article...

Historic racism still negatively affects the way paintings of black people are perceived

Pacific Standard Time — Thursday, September 26, 2024

In some instances, the racist attitudes behind such paintings have been explicitly expressed by artists or painting owners, making them well- ... View article...

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Obi links insecurity in Africa to poverty, unemployment, inequality, corruption

Pacific Standard Time — Monday, September 30, 2024

... inequality among the variables fueling insecurity and conflicts in Africa. “I joined global leaders, former presidents, prime ministers, serving ... View article...

What does it mean to be poor? The Australian government isn't sure

Pacific Standard Time — Monday, September 30, 2024

Australia is terrible at measuring poverty. In fact, the country can’t even agree on what poverty is. Is it just about how much you get paid? What if you own your own home? What if you have access to almost everything you need, but you just don’t have a lot of cash? View article...

Seven Children: Inequality and Britain's Next Generation by Danny Dorling review

Pacific Standard Time — Monday, September 30, 2024

Inspired by the documentary Seven Up! and based on real data, this important book exposes the extent of inequality in the UK and what it means for ... View article...

Universities must do more to create a society free from gender inequality

Pacific Standard Time — Monday, September 30, 2024

... inequality . In its report, the CGE urged universities to provide adequate funding for gender transformation to achieve their employment equity ... View article...

Harris campaign ramps up LGBTQ engagement as Election Day nears

Pacific Standard Time — Thursday, October 03, 2024

And LGBTQ voters, who comprise a larger share of the electorate than ever before, are expected to play a major role in November. The Washington Blade ... View article...

10-02 — About LGBTDiversity

Pacific Standard Time — Wednesday, October 02, 2024

Your pride, your power: The essential LGBTQ voter guide for 2024 • N.B. election: Conservative candidate compares LGBTQ policy to residential schools • Los Angeles' LGBTQ history comes alive at Circa: Queer Histories Festival • Atheists Applaud Colorado's Implementation of Patients' Right to Know Act • Your pride, your power: The essential LGBTQ voter guide for 2024 Navigate the complex landscape of LGBTQ politics with Reckon's roadmap to what's really at stake for queer and trans Americans in this election. View article... N.B. election: Conservative candidate compares LGBTQ policy to residential schools N.B. election: Conservative candidate compares LGBTQ policy to residential schools. N.B. Tory candidate faces calls to withdraw. Hina Alam ... View article... Los Angeles' LGBTQ history comes alive at Circa: Queer Histories Festival There isn't anything that we do in LGBT communities that didn't

10-02 — About Racial

Pacific Standard Time — Wednesday, October 02, 2024

B.C. father and daughter accuse Canadian Tire, security company of racism, profiling • ABC's racism report is a watershed moment for the media industry • Australian national broadcaster finds 'systemic' racism in workplace • Racism in Brazilian Football Report Points to Increase in Cases in 2023 • B.C. father and daughter accuse Canadian Tire, security company of racism, profiling ... company of racial profiling and racism after they say he was singled out at a store in Coquitlam and an employee responded with a racist comment. View article... ABC's racism report is a watershed moment for the media industry From 120 current and former ABC staff instances of overt and covert racism were found including racial slurs, derogatory and offensive comments, ... View article... Australian national broadcaster finds 'systemic' racism in workplace Staff members interviewed described overt racism , including racia

Christian school head who bans gay students convicted of child abuse

Pacific Standard Time — Monday, September 30, 2024

His Christian academy bans homosexuality . He was also the first contestant voted off the island on an early season of the reality TV show Survivor ... View article...

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