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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.

Want to buy a house in Sydney? Be prepared to pay nearly $120k over the advertised price

Pacific Standard Time — Monday, May 18, 2026

There are laws against deliberate underquoting in New South Wales and Victoria, but ...

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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...

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 ...

Bullying not just a school-aged phenomenon

Pacific Standard Time — Monday, September 09, 2013

Bullying not just a school-aged phenomenon When I think about bullying , my mind first jumps anywhere between elementary school and high school. The images that I first think of include ...

LGBT advocates issue guidance to hospitals for treating transgender ...

Pacific Standard Time — Tuesday, November 05, 2013

LGBT advocates issue guidance to hospitals for treating transgender ... - Lambda Legal, the Human Rights Campaign (HRC Foundation) and the LGBT Rights Committee of the New York City Bar Association, with pro bono assistance ...

Architecture grad student awarded grant for anti-racism research

Pacific Standard Time — Tuesday, November 05, 2024

It was one of 19 grants given to graduate students and teams at the University of Michigan through the provost-funded Anti- Racism Collaborative. View article...

Childhood mental illness has a stigma

Pacific Standard Time — Tuesday, October 22, 2013

Childhood mental illness has a stigma - Clearly there is substantial prejudice against children with mental illness among the adult population – so it is time for an increase in public awareness and ...

The Community Joins Forces To Fight Homelessness

Pacific Standard Time — Friday, February 01, 2013

The Community Joins Forces To Fight Homelessness The Homeless and Hunger Coalition of Northwest Florida conducted its annual point in time count on Thursday night in Panama City. The count helps to prevent homelessness and provide resources for those already homeless . "This is the way that the state ...

Tim Gunn's 43-year celibacy, Heated Rivalry's cottage & the hookup “thank you” debate

Pacific Standard Time — Tuesday, March 03, 2026

Tim Gunn revealed he’s been celibate for 43 years following the advent of AIDS and the team has thoughts. Then, things get, well, heated during a discussion about the iconic cottage from Heated Rivalry being listed on Airbnb and everyone’s opinions on lakes. View article...

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Democrats face a moral crisis in Michigan's governor's race

Pacific Standard Time — Thursday, May 14, 2026

A new poll shows Jocelyn Benson leading the Michigan governor's race, but the election is a moral test for candidates to address inequality . View article...

New book finds entrenched Chicago police racism behind Cook County's wrongful convictions

Pacific Standard Time — Tuesday, May 12, 2026

If the fundamental problem behind these wrongful convictions is institutional racism , not just sloppy policing, how about the fact that roughly 70% of ... View article...

The eye-popping new contender for America's most expensive grocery store

Pacific Standard Time — Thursday, May 14, 2026

The eye-popping new contender for America's most expensive grocery store. It's shilling $17 tortilla chips and wellness elixirs galore. View article...

Studying racial and ethnic health inequality in Canada: What we need to get right

Pacific Standard Time — Tuesday, May 12, 2026

Canada and the U.S. share a history of colonialism, structural racism and white dominance that continues to shape persistent health inequalities ... View article...

Seniors Are Paying the Price as Private Equity Takes Over Nursing Homes

Pacific Standard Time — Wednesday, May 13, 2026

When corporations take over public health care, quality decreases, and patients suffer. Medicaid cuts could lead to the same result. View article...

World Cup 2026 gay and anti-racism slogans lack substance

Pacific Standard Time — Wednesday, May 13, 2026

FIFA is leaving its pro- LGBTQ slogan out of this World Cup. It should leave out all of its anti-discrimination slogans if it won't act. View article...

Cannes 2026's Queer Movies, from Jane Schoenbrun to Pedro Almodóvar

Pacific Standard Time — Wednesday, May 13, 2026

From a sapphic slasher to the latest Pedro Almodóvar, these 12 LGBTQ -centric features are looking to shake up this year's Cannes. View article...

Brazilian law takes racism seriously. Why does extreme racial inequality persist?

Pacific Standard Time — Wednesday, May 13, 2026

The way Brazil sees itself as a post- racist nation has made the fight against the challenge of racism harder for the country's Black rights movement, ... View article...

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