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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.

Bill Gates pushes for 'smarter use' of AI to battle global inequality

Pacific Standard Time — Wednesday, September 23, 2026

New coalition of Anthropic, Google, OpenAI Foundation and others are working to make AI more accessible in underrepresented languages.

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LGBTQ advocates ask Virginia leaders to rescind proposed policies for trans students

Pacific Standard Time — Thursday, November 24, 2022

In light of the recent mass shooting at a gay nightclub in Colorado Springs, an LGBTQ advocacy group is asking leaders in Virginia to rescind ...

Mail sorter loses claim for bullying

Pacific Standard Time — Tuesday, February 17, 2015

Mail sorter loses claim for bullying - The High Court has dismissed a mail sorter's claims she was subjected to a campaign of bullying and harassment which left her “terrified” about ...

Pete Buttigieg's replacement's new, unpopular reality show puts GOP hypocrisy on the small screen

Pacific Standard Time — Wednesday, August 26, 2026

Three years ago, the right lost its mind over Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg allegedly flying “private” on the taxpayer’s dime, and for once bringing along his husband to honor veterans in his official capacity as a cabinet member’s spouse, among other charges. Afficher l'article...

Gender inequality forcing SA female athletes into dual careers

Pacific Standard Time — Monday, August 31, 2026

Appearing before members of parliament alongside the Commission for Gender Equality, Banyana Banyana head coach Desiree Ellis warned that SA continues ... View article...

Motion urging Montreal to cut ties with Israel ignites controversy

Pacific Standard Time — Tuesday, August 25, 2026

Montreal's former anti- racism commissioner sues Jewish advocacy group · Philanthropist behind Canadian human rights museum says family pausing ... View article...

Korea risks 'capability divide' in its pursuit for AI leadership

Pacific Standard Time — Monday, August 31, 2026

I call the emerging inequality around this phenomenon a "capability divide": the growing distance between environments where AI deepens human ... View article...

Long-Run Trends in Poverty, Inequality, and Mobility

Pacific Standard Time — Monday, September 07, 2026

In anticipation of the annual release of new Census Bureau income and poverty estimates on September 15, this event provides an opportunity to ... View article...

Global justice report offers bold ideas but misses the realities of 2 billion informal workers

Pacific Standard Time — Wednesday, September 02, 2026

As economists and experts on labour, inequality and the informal economy, we believe there is a great deal to support in the report, which was ... View article...

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Newsom vetoes bill aimed at protecting providers of transgender care

Pacific Standard Time — Tuesday, September 22, 2026

The Legislative LGBTQ Caucus had designated it one of its “supported” bills this year, with several of its members signing on as co-authors. In ... View article...

LGBTQ Pride is more than rainbow crosswalks

Pacific Standard Time — Monday, September 21, 2026

Earlier this year, road crews descended on Oak Lawn and neighbors looked on as high-powered streams of water stripped away the neighborhood’s rainbow crosswalks — markings for LGBTQ Pride in the heart of Dallas’ historic "gayborhood." View article...

Ballet West's 'Dracula' bleeds erotic despair

Pacific Standard Time — Monday, September 21, 2026

At Halloween, we've each been Dracula. With a white tux shirt, black cape, and blood-dripping fangs. There have been different versions of Dracula ... View article...

Study: Wealth inequality in Switzerland may not have increased in the past two decades

Pacific Standard Time — Monday, September 21, 2026

A new study questions previous estimates that wealth inequality in Switzerland has increased ... View article...

What LGBTQ veterans are building after 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell'

Pacific Standard Time — Monday, September 21, 2026

The repeal of 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell' took effect on Sept. 20, 2011. LGBTQ veterans since then have carried their service into American civic ... View article...

From LGBTQ+ icon to transphobe

Pacific Standard Time — Tuesday, September 22, 2026

Athlete Ally, an LGBTQ sports advocacy organization for which Navratilova had served as an ambassador and advisory board member, subsequently cut ties ... View article...

Sony appears to censor LGBTQ content in Marvel's Wolverine for some regions

Pacific Standard Time — Tuesday, September 22, 2026

Game Developer reports that Marvel's Wolverine appears to omit LGBTQ content in some regional versions, with a mutant marriage going unmentioned ... View article...

Reinvention must be collective, co-created and geared toward reducing inequalities

Pacific Standard Time — Tuesday, September 22, 2026

From a structural perspective, racial and gender inequalities , compounded by socioeconomic and territorial disparities, act as direct barriers to the ... View article...

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