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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.

How authoritarians use public education to control the "truth"

Pacific Standard Time — Wednesday, January 29, 2025

The United States Supreme Court has agreed to hear a case that could possibly perpetuate the “psychic disequilibrium” that Adrienne Rich laments.

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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...

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...

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...

The invisible lives of LGBT immigrants

Pacific Standard Time — Wednesday, August 13, 2014

The invisible lives of LGBT immigrants - This is especially true for LGBT immigrants who are living in the U.S. without documentation. The immense pressure Villeges felt to live up to his ...

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 ...

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...

Pandemic response linked to inequality levels: study

Pacific Standard Time — Monday, August 03, 2026

Economic inequality is the clearest way to predict how countries will fare during a pandemic, a high-profile panel said, calling for a ... View article...

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Why is sociology the hate-piñata of the social sciences?

Pacific Standard Time — Monday, August 24, 2026

But when sociologists talk about our findings on inequality , we often highlight its negative consequences. By arguing that inequalities might be ... View article...

Motion urging Montreal to cut ties with Israel ignites controversy

Pacific Standard Time — Tuesday, August 25, 2026

Montreal's former anti- racism commissioner sues Jewish advocacy group · Philanthropist behind Canadian human rights museum says family pausing ... View article...

Takaichi's popular among women despite gender inequality in Japan

Pacific Standard Time — Monday, August 24, 2026

Japan's gender inequality . When I began my research into gender equality in Japan, I expected the women I met to readily share their views when asked. View article...

Would 'meritocracy' mean we all had an equal chance?

Pacific Standard Time — Monday, August 24, 2026

The legacies of generational inequality , expressed in confidence and a sense of entitlement, cannot simply be shrugged off with a fair exam or hiring ... View article...

We Will Read Professor Jason Arday's work Into Eternity: Remembering a Scholar Who ...

Pacific Standard Time — Monday, August 24, 2026

His work on race, inequality and intersectionality treaded on a dangerous platform I call Knowledges of Death. Many pay the ultimate price for ... View article...

What India's spending patterns say about inclusive growth—and inequality in the country

Pacific Standard Time — Monday, August 24, 2026

It has long been assumed that inequality was baked into the Indian economy's expansion, but household consumption data tells a different story. View article...

Pete Buttigieg's replacement's new, unpopular reality show puts GOP hypocrisy on the small screen

Pacific Standard Time — Wednesday, August 26, 2026

Three years ago, the right lost its mind over Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg allegedly flying “private” on the taxpayer’s dime, and for once bringing along his husband to honor veterans in his official capacity as a cabinet member’s spouse, among other charges. Afficher l'article...

Why don't parties of the left reduce inequality?

Pacific Standard Time — Monday, August 24, 2026

Research by a Cambridge team sheds light on a paradox: Why does inequality not fall under governments which are expressly committed to it? View article...

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