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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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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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Amy Coney Barrett explains "very concrete" reasons marriage equality will remain in place

Pacific Standard Time — Tuesday, October 21, 2025

Molly Sprayregen is the Deputy Editor of LGBTQ Nation and has been reporting on queer stories for almost a decade. She has written for Them, Out, ... View article...

Trevor Project's first long-term study finds worsening mental health among LGBTQ youth

Pacific Standard Time — Tuesday, October 21, 2025

A new Trevor Project study of more than 1600 LGBTQ youth over the course of a year shows increased anxiety and depression. 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...

Cynical and inept, Starmer risks unleashing racist hooligans on Birmingham

Pacific Standard Time — Tuesday, October 21, 2025

Starmer's cack-handed intervention threatens to stoke racist violence on the streets, not stem it. England's second city is going to have to be ... View article...

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