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  • This house prefers media that primarily depicts the lives of queer individuals after coming out rather than during the process of questioning their gender identity/sexuality

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    For the purposes of this debate, “queer media” is art (TV shows, movies, fiction, etc.) that portrays experiences of being an 2SLGBTQIA+ individual.

    Hart House High Schools 2024 · Round 3 · 2024-02-17

  • This house as a studio would brand itself as being incidentally about queer characters rather than as LGBTQ+ media

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    Media that is incidentally about queer characters is media that does not brand itself as LGBTQ but happens to have queer characters. Some examples include Bojack Horseman Brooklyn 99 Lucifer The Boys etc. Media that actively brands itself as LGBTQ+ use the fact that they have queer characters in their marketing scheme. Some examples include Love Simon Call Me By Your Name etc.

    Shivaji Bhonsle English Parliamentary Debate 2024 · Novice Semifinals · 2024-01-20

  • This house as a studio would brand itself as being incidentally about queer characters rather than as LGBTQ+ media

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    Media that is incidentally about queer characters is media that does not brand itself as LGBTQ but happens to have queer characters. Some examples include Bojack Horseman Brooklyn 99 Lucifer The Boys etc. Media that actively brands itself as LGBTQ+ use the fact that they have queer characters in their marketing scheme. Some examples include Love Simon Call Me By Your Name etc

    Shivaji Bhonsle English Parliamentary Debate 2024 · Open Quarterfinals · 2024-01-20

  • This house opposes online gay speculation

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    Online gay speculation is the practice of speculating about the sexuality of a person on platforms such as Tumblr or Twitter (X). Gay speculation communities often theorize about their idol's private life, create fan content about their sexuality, and are critical of the person's real life partner. Examples include the "Gaylor Swift" and "Larry Stylinson" fandoms.

    Korea University Mini Tournament · Round 3 · 2024-01-14

  • This House believes that Catholic same-sex couples should actively oppose the Church's sanctioned blessing ceremonies

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    In December 2023, the Vatican released an official statement allowing for Church-sanctioned blessing ceremonies for same-sex couples. The statement stresses that the blessing ceremonies should in no way resemble marriages, and it reiterates the Church's negative stance on homosexuality and that the sacrament of marriage should strictly remain between man and woman.

    Philippine Schools Debate Championship 2024 · Round 7 · 2024-01-08

  • This house, as the Ballroom community, would welcome individuals with no Ballroom background to partake in traditionally Ballroom-exclusive acts

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    A drag queen is a person, often a man, who uses clothing and makeup to imitate and often exaggerate female gender signifiers and gender roles for entertainment purposes. In modern times, drag queens are associated with gay men and gay culture, and pageants where drag queens compete against each other are held. The Ballroom community is a African-American / Latino drag culture that emerged in opposition to racism experienced in established drag queen pageant circuits. In order to participate in a "ballroom", participants will compete in a "ball" arranged by the community across different categories. Ballroom is characterized by participants being split into groups called "drag families", where the leader ("drag mother") teaches the members ("drag daughter") skills necessary to win in drag competitions. Recently, the Ballroom community has become popular due to the popularization on TV, and the community has been very vocal about non-Ballroom individuals partaking in those acts, exclaiming that non-Ballroom individuals doing those acts have committed grave cultural appropriation, etc.

    Asian Bridge 2024 · Quarter Final · 2024-01-01

  • This house regrets the rise in political consumerism

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    Political consumerism refers to people making choices about what to consume based on the politics of the company in question (e.g. boycotting Chick-Fil-A for its stance against abortion, not buying from Ben&Jerry because they advocated for gay marriage).

    Asian Bridge 2024 · Round3 · 2024-01-01

  • This house, as the Japanese LGBTQIA+ movement, regrets the popularization of Boy's Love and Yuri content

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    Boy's Love (depicting male-male sexual / romantic relationships) and Yuri (depicting female-female sexual / romantic relationships) content typically revolve around romantic storylines between conventionally attractive individuals that engage in "devious" sex. Authors of BL are usually cis-females, and authors of Yuri are cis-males, who have been criticized for fetshizing gay and lesbian people, fantasizing same-sex relationships, and romanticizing the lives of queer people

    Asian Bridge 2024 · Quarter Final · 2024-01-01

  • This house prefers that the LGBTQIA+ movement emphasizes differentiating individuals (e.g. differences of being black gay person and a white gay person) within one minority group as the main approach rather than the message of strong cohesion

    Asian Bridge 2024 · Quarter Final · 2024-01-01

  • This house, as transgender rights organizations, W prioritize reducing transmedicalism within the trans community over advocating to make gender-affirming care more accessible.

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    "Transmedicalism" is the harmful notion that to be truly transgender, one *must* experience gender dysphoria and/or seek out gender affirming care (i.e. gender confirmation surgery, hormone replacement therapy, facial surgeries that help recipients "pass" as their gender).

    Queen's Holiday Open 2023 · Quarterfinals · 2023-12-01

  • This house would never enter into a relationship with a closeted individual

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    For the purposes of this debate, you are an out queer individual in a Western liberal democracy

    Bristol Pro Am 2023 · Grand Final · 2023-11-20

  • This house prefers the queering of popular works of art over the promotion of new queer works of art

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    Queering is the act of (re)interpreting/identifying elements of queerness within texts, based on contextual evidence available within texts (e.g. seeing Othello-Iago in Othello through homoerotic lenses).

    Pacific Schools Open 2023 · Round 2 · 2023-11-10

  • This house prefers that the queer movement in South Korea prioritize 'responsive advocacy' instead of 'parallel advocacy.'

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    For the purpose of this debate, ‘responsive advocacy’ refers to social movements aggressively engaging with and disproving misinformation and false claims propagated by oppositional institutions. Examples include the LGBTQ+ movement publicly explaining why queer inclusion does not increase AIDS/HIV rate. ‘Parallel advocacy’ refers to a strategy of disengaging with the propaganda of oppositional institutions and rather aiming to garner public empathy. Such advocacy uses visceral images of suffering and emotional appeals and discusses the difficulties and discrimination minority individuals face.

    2023 KUDC x KIDA Fall Rookie Tournament · Grand Final · 2023-10-07