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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.

Heated Debate About Minority Rights Can Increase Bullying of LGBTQ Students, Study Finds

Pacific Standard Time — Wednesday, May 15, 2019

Heated Debate About Minority Rights Can Increase Bullying of LGBTQ Students, Study Finds
- LGBTQ students are bullied more at school when the society around them is immersed in heated political debate ...

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LGBTQ advocates ask Virginia leaders to rescind proposed policies for trans students

Pacific Standard Time — Thursday, November 24, 2022

In light of the recent mass shooting at a gay nightclub in Colorado Springs, an LGBTQ advocacy group is asking leaders in Virginia to rescind ...

Mail sorter loses claim for bullying

Pacific Standard Time — Tuesday, February 17, 2015

Mail sorter loses claim for bullying - The High Court has dismissed a mail sorter's claims she was subjected to a campaign of bullying and harassment which left her “terrified” about ...

Wealth inequality is undermining basic human rights

Pacific Standard Time — Monday, September 07, 2026

By enacting equitable/appropriate legislation and income tax strategies which reduce wealth inequality . But morality, at times, does not guide ... View article...

Global justice report offers bold ideas but misses the realities of 2 billion informal workers

Pacific Standard Time — Wednesday, September 02, 2026

As economists and experts on labour, inequality and the informal economy, we believe there is a great deal to support in the report, which was ... View article...

Korea risks 'capability divide' in its pursuit for AI leadership

Pacific Standard Time — Monday, August 31, 2026

I call the emerging inequality around this phenomenon a "capability divide": the growing distance between environments where AI deepens human ... View article...

Gender inequality forcing SA female athletes into dual careers

Pacific Standard Time — Monday, August 31, 2026

Appearing before members of parliament alongside the Commission for Gender Equality, Banyana Banyana head coach Desiree Ellis warned that SA continues ... View article...

Long-Run Trends in Poverty, Inequality, and Mobility

Pacific Standard Time — Monday, September 07, 2026

In anticipation of the annual release of new Census Bureau income and poverty estimates on September 15, this event provides an opportunity to ... View article...

Do you think treating students differently based on their race is ever justified in order to ...

Pacific Standard Time — Monday, September 07, 2026

Do you think colleges and universities that use race as a factor in admissions or other programs in an attempt to reduce racial inequality should or ... View article...

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Gavin Newsom explains the surprising reason he just vetoed a pro-trans bill

Pacific Standard Time — Wednesday, September 23, 2026

“This bill would prohibit future governors from recognizing a request for extradition of a person subject to criminal liability based on allegations ... View article...

Bill Gates pushes for 'smarter use' of AI to battle global inequality

Pacific Standard Time — Wednesday, September 23, 2026

New coalition of Anthropic, Google, OpenAI Foundation and others are working to make AI more accessible in underrepresented languages. View article...

LGBTQ student groups challenge Texas A&M bans on campus drag shows

Pacific Standard Time — Thursday, September 24, 2026

The groups are asking the Fifth Circuit to rule policies prohibiting drag shows at university venues violate the First Amendment. View article...

Sex-based discrimination in medicine costs lives

Pacific Standard Time — Wednesday, September 23, 2026

This inequality costs lives. A British Heart Foundation-funded study ... Including women in more trials would go a long way towards addressing the ... View article...

Young people should know history of the fight for human rights

Pacific Standard Time — Thursday, September 24, 2026

Our country was founded by white men, who didn't think about giving full rights to Black Americans, women, the LGBTQ community (what they knew of it, ... View article...

Stand Up To Racism celebrate after far-right Edinburgh event stopped

Pacific Standard Time — Thursday, September 24, 2026

ANTI- RACISM campaigners have declared 'victory' after a planned far-right event in Edinburgh was cancelled. View article...

Ahead of midterm election, HRC report reveals what's at stake for bullied LGBTQ+ students

Pacific Standard Time — Thursday, September 24, 2026

... 2024 survey of students found "a devastating correlation between declining mental health of LGBTQ+ youth and the passage of anti- LGBTQ laws." View article...

'They told me to go back to my country': Inside the UK's wave of racism

Pacific Standard Time — Thursday, September 24, 2026

“Levels of racist violence and intimidation that were once considered extreme are now becoming weekly occurrences across the UK”, they said, ... View article...

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