America | Dedicated to global LGBT community  Nonprofit initiative | Updates on lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) communities : Criminalization Discrimination Homophobia LGBT adoption LGBT bullying LGBT parenting LGBT rights Same-sex marriage Violence against LGBT people Since its foundation in 2010, Stigmabase has more than 60 million clicks. * Fighting social stigma Social stigma is the extreme disapproval of (or discontent with) a person or group on socially characteristic grounds that are perceived, and serve to distinguish them, from other members of a society. Stigma may then be affixed to such a person, by the greater society, who differs from their cultural norms. Social stigma can result from the perception of mental illness, physical disabilities, diseases such as leprosy (see leprosy stigma),illegitimacy, sexual orientation, gender identity, skin tone, education, nationality, ethnicity, ideology, religion (or lack of religion) or criminality. Attributes associated with social stigma often vary depending on the geopolitical and corresponding sociopolitical contexts employed by society, in different parts of the world.