“The neighbors had been asking the mayor to destroy the structures to erase the stigma already attached to the community.”
Carlos Abesamis
“I've had to fight to be myself and to be respected. I'm proud to carry this stigma and call myself a lesbian. I don't boast about it or broadcast it, but I don't deny it. I've had to confront society and the Church, which says that homosexuals are da”
Chavela Vargas
“The stigma is so strong that HIV is hidden. It's virtually invisible here.”
George Bishop
“I don't see that the strike zone as different. I don't see that there's any stigma of American or National League as a player. The only real difference I see is that, in the American League, seven guys in the lineup will swing for homers. In the National, it's only about four. The rest of them will hit the other way or do whatever.”
Mark Mulder
“(Riddle) has a tremendous amount of passion for it, ... A lot of guys out there don't want the stigma of being a special teams coach. They see themselves as an offensive coordinator or a defensive coordinator.”
Dan Hawkins
“By sealing the file, it's designed to prevent the stigma attached with any unsubstantiated allegations [that may be] arising, ... So as far as I'm concerned, as far as everyone should be concerned, this is a dead issue.”
Scott Ritter
“Robert Blake has a stigma about him, although he was found not guilty. It's like O.J. Simpson. ... Although he was found not guilty, there's a negative. A lot of people think he's guilty.”
Matt Epstein
