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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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HBO Max's gay ice hockey romance 'Heated Rivalry' attracts an unexpected audience

Pacific Standard Time — Thursday, January 29, 2026

"Heated Rivalry," HBO Max's gay ice hockey romance, has attracted not only women and LGBTQ viewers, but straight men as well.

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50 years of protest and resistance: why Iranians keep rising up

Pacific Standard Time — Monday, January 05, 2026

... women's rights; each movement has reflected deep frustration with authoritarian rule, corruption and inequality . View article...

St. Louis LGBTQ+ community rallies in support of transgender athletes

Pacific Standard Time — Tuesday, January 13, 2026

The LGBTQ+ community rallied at St. Louis City Hall to support the rights of trans student athletes. This comes as the Supreme Court ... View article...

Violence, racism, medical neglect 'endemic' in state prisons

Pacific Standard Time — Tuesday, January 13, 2026

State Sen. Julia Salazar released a report Monday that asserts conditions in New York’s prisons remain dire, with inmates regularly neglected and abused, and correction officers not held accountable for wrongdoing or investigated for misconduct or alleged criminal violations. View article...

Dolly Parton turns 80: 9 times she came out swinging for LGBTQ+ rights

Pacific Standard Time — Monday, January 19, 2026

To celebrate Dolly Parton's 80th birthday here are nine times Dolly Parton proved she is the undeniable patron saint of queer allyship. View article...

"Eden & Charlie" is a tender romance from France

Pacific Standard Time — Tuesday, January 20, 2026

Queer trauma has been central to many LGBTQ films. From Brokeback Mountain to Philadelphia, stories about the hardships imposed on LGBTQ people from society have produced some of Hollywood’s most iconic and culturally significant works. View article...

Why caste census will not annihilate the foundations of inequality

Pacific Standard Time — Monday, January 12, 2026

Unlike certain advocates of social justice, he contends that counting and categorising castes will not help redress economic and social inequalities . View article...

The negative impact of AI on rural healthcare

Pacific Standard Time — Monday, January 12, 2026

The risk is that innovation could become a force for widening inequality gaps, not closing them. Opinion: Chaos or community? Where to go from ... View article...

University of Guelph, police investigating pub night that included hate symbols and ...

Pacific Standard Time — Thursday, January 22, 2026

The University of Guelph says it's investigating after a recent pub night saw students using racist , antisemitic, anti-Black and homophobic ... View article...

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Soccer America writer Dan Woog to be inducted into LGBTQ Sports Hall of Fame

Pacific Standard Time — Tuesday, January 27, 2026

Longtime Soccer America feature writer and columnist Dan Woog will be inducted into the Class of 2026 LGBTQ Sports Hall of Fame on June 25 in New ... View article...

A safe space: How figure skating became a comfort zone for the LGBTQ+ community amid ...

Pacific Standard Time — Monday, January 26, 2026

Gold medalist Amber Glenn poses with a flag after the women's free skating competition at the U.S. Figure Skating Championships, Friday, Jan. View article...

Gus Kenworthy Recalls Miley Cyrus Romance Rumors Before Coming Out

Pacific Standard Time — Tuesday, January 27, 2026

Olympic skier Gus Kenworthy reflected on his rumored relationship with Miley Cyrus after the 2014 Sochi Olympics, sharing why certain parallels in ‘Heated Rivalry’ struck him so deeply View article...

Millionaires want super-rich taxed

Pacific Standard Time — Monday, January 26, 2026

“Extreme wealth inequality enabled his every step, and is the root cause of the trend towards authoritarianism we are witnessing in the US, and around ... View article...

Russia makes it a crime to work with ILGA World on behalf of LGBTQ rights

Pacific Standard Time — Wednesday, January 28, 2026

Russia's Ministry of Justice has added the LGBTQ advocacy federation ILGA World to its list of “undesirable organisations,” which opens the way ... View article...

Sundance Film Festival offers LGBTQ features, documentaries, and shorts

Pacific Standard Time — Tuesday, January 27, 2026

... LGBTQ filmmakers or addressed queer themes. Here is a rundown of a handful of titles that were available for preview. “Public Access” is an ... View article...

This gay couple escaped Iran, fearing for their lives. The administration is sending them back.

Pacific Standard Time — Tuesday, January 27, 2026

A pair of gay asylum seekers is fighting to stay in the U.S., even as the presidential administration has ordered their deportation to Iran, ... View article...

'Heated Rivalry' is a hit in Russia, where LGBTQ+ content is heavily censored

Pacific Standard Time — Monday, January 26, 2026

Russian audiences connected deeply with the “Heated Rivalry” character Ilya Rozanov, whose country would never accept him or allow him to live in ... View article...

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