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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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Battling Homophobia, Nigeria's LGBTQ Community Finds Safety In App

Pacific Standard Time — Monday, October 20, 2025

Qtalk provides queer Nigerians with unlimited and free access to psychosocial and legal support provided by friendly LGBTIQ+ counsellors.

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Inequality metrics don't capture India's reality

Pacific Standard Time — Tuesday, September 02, 2025

Lack of data, gaps in surveys, and analyses that leave out both the wealthy and the most vulnerable distort the level of inequality in India . View article...

One of Europe's 'biggest and oldest' gay clubs files for insolvency

Pacific Standard Time — Tuesday, August 05, 2025

One of Europe's 'biggest and oldest' gay clubs 'on the brink' after filing for insolvency ... An image of a DJ deck with people dancing under coloured ... View article...

Why are people transvestigating this 1930s gay icon?

Pacific Standard Time — Tuesday, August 12, 2025

Just like gay icons don't have to be gay , trans icons don't have to be trans. All they have to be is courageous, outspoken, and an advocate for LGBTQ+ ... View article...

Boston area sees growing interest in sober LGBTQ+ events, spaces

Pacific Standard Time — Thursday, August 14, 2025

Emma Whitney and her friends struggled to find LGBTQ +-friendly events that didn't revolve around drinking or using substances . So the team of ... View article...

Court finds voting system NOT illegally racist or sexist. Plus, our travel ban challenge.

Pacific Standard Time — Thursday, August 14, 2025

Plus we tell you about a decision that found first-past-the-post voting is not unconstitutionally racist or sexist. Stories and cases discussed in ... View article...

African nation bans homosexuality with threats of prison terms and fines

Pacific Standard Time — Tuesday, September 02, 2025

Burkina Faso's parliament has passed a law banning homosexuality , with people facing two to five years in prison, the state broadcaster reported ... View article...

How 'pervasive' is racism in health care? This B.C. researcher gathers the stories of Black ...

Pacific Standard Time — Thursday, August 14, 2025

Ashley Wilkinson has found racism is an ongoing challenge in health-care settings in Canada , which is why the PhD candidate at the University of ... View article...

University of Edinburgh reviews historic links to slavery and racism

Pacific Standard Time — Tuesday, August 05, 2025

The research has highlighted often lesser-known accounts of the university's historical ties to slavery and colonialism, the legacy of racist ... View article...

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Heatwaves worsen educational inequality in Brazil

Pacific Standard Time — Wednesday, October 22, 2025

... inequality . Beyond direct cognitive effects, nighttime heat impedes restorative sleep, reduces attentional capacity and emotional regulation, and ... View article...

LGBTQ youth face growing mental health crisis, study finds

Pacific Standard Time — Monday, October 20, 2025

Still, one in five LGBTQ youth did not seek help from anyone during suicidal crises. “This report provides one of the first, and only, national-scale ... View article...

UN warns AI could deepen gender inequality in global job markets

Pacific Standard Time — Monday, October 20, 2025

... inequality in workplaces. According to the UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs (DESA), about 27.6% of women's jobs worldwide are at risk ... View article...

AI In Pakistan: Balancing Innovation, Inequality, And The Future Of Human Potential

Pacific Standard Time — Wednesday, October 22, 2025

AI In Pakistan: Balancing Innovation, Inequality , And The Future Of Human Potential. AI is transforming education and work in Pakistan, but unequal ... View article...

Nearly 900 million poor people exposed to climate hazards; inequality worsening

Pacific Standard Time — Monday, October 20, 2025

It paints a stark picture of how the climate crisis is reshaping global poverty and deepening inequalities . Extreme heat spread across India in 2025. View article...

Everything You Should Know About the Global Wave of Gen Z Protests

Pacific Standard Time — Monday, October 20, 2025

Driven by grievances over corruption, social inequality , government mismanagement, and economic insecurity, these protests combined street ... View article...

LGBTQ+ youth's mental health struggles are getting worse, according to a new survey

Pacific Standard Time — Monday, October 20, 2025

A new survey from the Trevor Project found that between 2023 and 2025, LGBTQ+ youth reported an increase in anxiety, depression and suicide ... View article...

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