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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.

Massachusetts lawmakers move to ban conversion therapy for LGBTQ youth

Pacific Standard Time — Wednesday, August 01, 2018

Massachusetts lawmakers move to ban conversion therapy for LGBTQ youth
- Massachusetts lawmakers moved Tuesday night to make it illegal for licensed professionals who treat children and adolescents to practice ...

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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...

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 ...

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 ...

Parole board considered 'casual and systemic racism' while freeing armed robber

Pacific Standard Time — Tuesday, July 28, 2026

Canada's parole board considered “casual and systemic racism ” when freeing armed robber who allegedly assaulted, threatened to kill his ex. View article...

One year later, 988 still doesn't have a hotline for LGBTQ+ youth

Pacific Standard Time — Wednesday, July 22, 2026

During Pride month last year, almost 70,000 LGBTQ+ young people sought specialized help from 988, the national suicide and crisis hotline. View article...

Unions and partners call for urgent public investment in early childhood education

Pacific Standard Time — Wednesday, July 22, 2026

They highlight how market forces are deepening inequality — and why governments must act now. Their message is clear: without strong public ... View article...

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Calls Grow in Canada for National Inquiry into Legacy of Slavery and Anti-Black Racism

Pacific Standard Time — Tuesday, August 11, 2026

A Canadian organisation has renewed calls for the creation of an independent national commission to examine the legacy of slavery and systemic racism ... View article...

Medicaid to stop covering gender-affirming care for transgender kids

Pacific Standard Time — Thursday, August 13, 2026

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services announced a rule, effective Oct. 13, that ends Medicaid and CHIP coverage for gender‑affirming surgeries and hormone treatments for minors, citing child protection View article...

As progressives seek to take on inequality, some cite religion as motivating factor

Pacific Standard Time — Monday, August 10, 2026

Michigan Democratic U.S. Senate primary candidate Abdul El-Sayed addresses the crowd during a campaign rally ... View article...

Spatial Inequality and Irrigation Governance: Integrating Infrastructure, Knowledge ...

Pacific Standard Time — Monday, August 10, 2026

Indonesia serves as a significant case study for examining the interplay of spatial inequalities in irrigation infrastructure, farmer knowledge, ... View article...

Don't Just Tax the Rich — Attack Inequality at the Root

Pacific Standard Time — Monday, August 10, 2026

To address the US's severe inequality , we can and should raise taxes on the rich. But we can also restructure markets so that they don't produce ... View article...

Immigrant HSE workers reluctant to report racist incidents due to lack of action

Pacific Standard Time — Tuesday, August 11, 2026

Members said many of the recommendations from an equality assessment relating to cultural diversity and racism had not been incorporated into the ... View article...

My Son's Racist Views Are Destroying Our Family

Pacific Standard Time — Thursday, August 13, 2026

Your son's racism has caused real harm to your daughter, her husband and their child. ... You say your son has “become” a racist , and you suspect he's ... View article...

New Twin Cities LGBTQ magazine set to launch this October

Pacific Standard Time — Tuesday, August 11, 2026

However, the magazine's end stunned longtime staff and left the metro area without an outlet for the LGBTQ community. Now, Q Minnesota is set to ... View article...

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