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  • This House believes that social movements should prioritise advocating for members of their population to actively participate in and reform existing systems rather than challenging them externally (e.g., Black Lives Matter advocating for Black Americans to join the police force, environmentalists seeking positions within corporations, queer movements advocating for integration within religions)

    USU IV 2023 · Round 1 · 2023-09-16

  • In Western liberal democracies, This house regrets the queer movement's primary form of collectivization transitioning from riots/protests into pride celebrations/parades.

    UCLA Intervarsity Debating Champsionships 2023 · Open Grand Final · 2023-09-16

  • This house believes that the queer movements in the developing world should focus on promoting queer theology over critiquing religion.

    Infoslide

    Queer Theology is an approach to religious belief and practice that explores and affirms the experiences and perspectives of LGBTQ+ individuals within various faith traditions.

    Oragon Debate Cup 2023 · Round 3 · 2023-09-15

  • That the queer community should focus on 'normalisation' (e.g. promoting the narrative that queer people want to be 'normal' by getting married and having kids) instead of focusing on the uniqueness of the queer community

    UTS Open 2023 · Round 2 · 2023-09-10

  • This house believes that the LGBTQ+ movement should emphasise family values as a part of their activism, rather than adopt the view that family values do not matter.

    Qaynaat 2023, Women & Gender Sexual Minorities Debate · Round 2 · 2023-08-12

  • This house (queer movement) actively supports Mindr

    Infoslide

    Mindr is an app for Muslim queer people to exclusively date other Muslim queer people

    Qaynaat 2023, Women & Gender Sexual Minorities Debate · Novice Quarterfinals · 2023-08-12

  • This house supports Western pop artists with significant queer fanbase actively rejecting to perform in countries with queer-oppressive social policies (e.g. Lizzo in Texas, Beyonce in UAE)

    Qaynaat 2023, Women & Gender Sexual Minorities Debate · Round 5 · 2023-08-12

  • This house supports the commercialization of queer spaces (e.g. trans bars, drag shows, gay clubs, etc.)

    Qaynaat 2023, Women & Gender Sexual Minorities Debate · Round 4 · 2023-08-12

  • That we support prestigious awards in the arts being heavily biased in favour of people of colour, women and gender minorities

    Infoslide

    You are the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. A beloved member of the royal family, known for their philanthropy, patronage of the arts and fashion sense has gone missing. You receive an untraceable video, authenticated by intelligence services, by their captors. They demand that you film yourself performing an indecent act on live television in return for their safety. The intelligence services are not confident that the video can be faked.

    BP Novice 2023 · Round 2 · 2023-08-11

  • This house would refuse to work on the project

    Infoslide

    A consultant is a professional who provides advice and further purposeful activities in an area of specialization. You are a newly employed queer woman who has landed a job in consulting. This oddly happens to be the only job you have been able to find after more than a year of unemployment. You're not broke or unable to make ends meet but you definitely aren't financially secure right now. You are being asked to work on a project dealing with addressing political dissidence in Saudi Arabia and it is the only project available for staffing.

    3UDU Op3n 2023 · Round 5 · 2023-08-07

  • This house, as the LGBTQ+ movement, would aggressively push the narrative that gender is a social construct

    Princeton IV 2023 · Round 4 · 2023-08-05

  • This house supports states legislating the creation of exclusive workplaces for the transgender community.

    Rahat Fundraiser Parliamentary Debate 2023 · Open Semifinals · 2023-08-04

  • This house supports states legislating the creation of exclusive workplaces for the transgender community.

    Rahat Fundraiser Parliamentary Debate 2023 · Novice Finals · 2023-08-04

  • This house believes that shipping of non-canonical queer characters is a step back for genuine queer representation in media

    Infoslide

    Shipping - short for relationshipping, is the act of rooting for romantic relationship between two fictional characters, often by a loyal subset of viewers, readers of said fiction eg: Johnlock - sherlock holmes and john watson from sherlockholmes; merthut - merlin and arthur from merlin, etc. Canon- as in literary canon can be narrowly defined as that which is accepted as authentic, or official in the context of the literary piece / writing of a particular author, which are considered by scholars and critics in general to be the genuine creation of that particular author; this is based on some already deduced rules intended to be applied on the future pieces in the same genres.

    North Luzon Online Debates 2023 · Round 2 · 2023-07-23

  • This House believes that the LGBTQ+ community should actively embrace the nuclear family ideal

    Infoslide

    A typical nuclear family is composed of two partners with children. In some countries a significant and vocal part of the LGBTQ+ movement are actively advocating settling down and forming nuclear families.

    World Schools Debating Championship 2023 · Semifinals · 2023-07-18

  • That the global success of the Drag Race franchise has done more harm than good to the art of drag. [Drag Race]

    Infoslide

    "Drag Race" is a drag queen reality competition television franchise, created by American drag entertainer RuPaul, starting with its first season in 2009. The popularity of the original series led to the creation of a media franchise including spin-offs and international adaptations across more than 15 different countries.

    Krabi Australasian Intervarsity Debating Championships 2023 · Round 5 · 2023-07-01

  • That, as the Ballroom community, we would welcome individuals with no Ballroom background to partake in traditionally Ballroom-exclusive acts. [Ballroom]

    Infoslide

    The Ballroom community is an African-American and Latino underground LGBTQ+ subculture. Beginning in the late 20th century, Black and Latino drag queens began to organize their own pageants 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 such as voguing, walking through runways wearing fashion elements according to the set categories, etc. The community has been very vocal about non-Ballroom individuals partaking in those acts, such as shaming them for voguing by calling it as "no-guing", exclaiming that non-Ballroom individuals doing those acts have committed grave cultural appropriation, etc.

    Krabi Australasian Intervarsity Debating Championships 2023 · Round 5 · 2023-07-01

  • That we regret the demonisation of prominent conservative-leaning queer figures by progressive queer communities. [Conservatives]

    Krabi Australasian Intervarsity Debating Championships 2023 · Round 5 · 2023-07-01

  • That activists from the community should aggressively push for the redefinition of Hijras as ordinary individuals with no mystical powers.

    Infoslide

    Hijra is a gender identity and community in South Asia that consists of predominantly trans women and intersex people but is often used as an umbrella term by trans people. They are officially recognised as a third gender in India. In Hindu Mythology, they identify with the half-man / half-woman representations of Shiva and are considered to hold mystical powers. They are often invited to congregations on auspicious events like the birth of a child or a marriage to bless people.

    UNSW Pre-Australs 2023 · Round 4 · 2023-06-25