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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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Racine LGBTQ center abruptly closes; staff seeks clarity

Pacific Standard Time — Tuesday, May 20, 2025

After more than a decade, the LGBT Center of SE Wisconsin is now shut down, and staff members say they felt blindsided.

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AI and the far-right riots in the UK

Pacific Standard Time — Tuesday, June 10, 2025

The riots that erupted across several cities in the UK following the horrifying stabbing of three young children at a Taylor Swift-themed dance event in Southport in 2024 have been widely linked to the mainstreaming of the far right and the amplifying nature of social media View article...

11 historic photos featuring New York's LGBTQ+ history from Queer Happened Here

Pacific Standard Time — Tuesday, May 27, 2025

... LGBTQ Places and celebrities book release ... Now, New York native Marc Zinaman has published a book featuring photos of that history in Queer Happened ... View article...

Air Pollution and Inequality in Scotland

Pacific Standard Time — Wednesday, June 04, 2025

Outdoor air pollution is a significant risk to public health, and there are notable inequalities in pollutant exposure across Scotland. View article...

WorldPride comes at a time of fear. These LGBTQ elders aren't afraid.

Pacific Standard Time — Tuesday, June 03, 2025

... gay rights demonstration in the nation's capital 60 years ago. The posters declared such things as “ Gay is good” and “Homosexuals ask for the ... View article...

African trade unions want Saudi Arabia probed for worker abuse, racism

Pacific Standard Time — Thursday, June 05, 2025

It alleged evidence of forced labor, wage theft, physical and sexual abuse and systemic racism targeting African workers, and continued Saudi use ... View article...

Whose Pride is it, anyway?

Pacific Standard Time — Wednesday, June 04, 2025

In recent years, every June, rainbow flags rise, parades take over city streets, and institutions across the world declare their support for LGBTQIA+ rights. But beneath the celebration lies a deeper question: Whose pride are we really celebrating? View article...

How five Black survivors of racial violence sued the Ku Klux Klan

Pacific Standard Time — Thursday, June 12, 2025

Their victory set a legal precedent still used in US courts today. Five Black women from Chattanooga survived a shooting by members of the Ku Klux ... View article...

Delaware County adopts 'safe haven' designation for LGBTQ community

Pacific Standard Time — Wednesday, June 11, 2025

Officials in Delaware County are pushing forward in the fight for LGBTQ rights. County Council unanimously passed a resolution to designate the ... View article...

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Asia's energy transition must be grounded in equity and fairness, says Anwar

Pacific Standard Time — Monday, June 16, 2025

The prime minister says decarbonisation efforts that ignore the needs of the poor and vulnerable risk worsening inequality . View article...

Dustin Lance Black's Rock Out Looks at Queer Influence on Heavy Metal

Pacific Standard Time — Wednesday, June 18, 2025

Dustin Lance Black's talks about 'Rock Out,' his new very personal documentary that examines LGBTQ influence on heavy metal, punk and rock n' ... View article...

Experts warn of widespread phenomenon driving up prices for range of food products

Pacific Standard Time — Monday, June 16, 2025

These price spikes also widen the inequality gap. While wealthier consumers can absorb higher costs, lower-income households spend a larger share of ... View article...

Hungarians declare 'civil resistance'' to Orbán government in large protest

Pacific Standard Time — Monday, June 16, 2025

... inequality and social situation that we have is really not good. We're very far from Europe in many ways, which I don't think is a good thing. We ... View article...

Juvenile arrested for anti-gay assault in D.C.

Pacific Standard Time — Wednesday, June 18, 2025

Similar to statements D.C. police have issued regarding LGBTQ bias-related cases in the past, the statement announcing this case says that while the ... View article...

Income inequality's link to health and education disparities could drive support for economic reform

Pacific Standard Time — Wednesday, June 18, 2025

New research published in Social Psychological and Personality Science shows that when people understand how income inequality creates disparities ... View article...

Why LGBTQ People Are More At Risk Of Suicide (And What You Can Do To Help)

Pacific Standard Time — Monday, June 16, 2025

However, despite growing acceptance, LGBTQIA+ people are twice as likely to experience a mental health disorder than the heterosexual population. View article...

Tyler Perry's Straw: A piercing cry against racism and injustice in Black America

Pacific Standard Time — Tuesday, June 17, 2025

Tyler Perry's Straw (2025), a Netflix psychological crime drama, is a raw and unflinching portrait of systemic racism and injustice faced by Black ... View article...

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