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  • This house believes that western social justice groups (e.g. feminist advocacy groups, LGBT advocacy groups) should have a global agenda, as opposed to a local one.

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    Cornell Novice Nationals 2022 · ESL Finals · 2022-02-12

  • This house believes that it is in the interest of the Catholic church to officially recognize Folk Saints

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    Folk Saints are dead people recognized by the general population as saints who were not officially acknowledged as saints by the Catholic church. Unlike regular saints they lived lives that the church considers sinful. They are popular in many regions especially in Latin America. Examples include Sarita Colonia that answers the prayers of sex workers & LGBT people; and Juan Soldado that answers the prayers of people who commit low-level crimes out of financial desperation

    Africa Intercollegiate Debating Championships 2022 · 3 · 2022-01-06

  • This house would prefer that social movements do not recognize intersectionality.

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    Intersectionality is the acknowledgement that everyone has their own unique experiences of discrimination and oppression and we must consider everything and anything that can marginalise people – gender race class sexual orientation physical ability etc.

    NEO 2021 · Open Pre-Semis · 2021-12-11

  • This house would create a third order.

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    For centuries global sporting competitions have been organized around a binary (male & female) divide.

    Pan African Universities Debating Championships 2021 · 7 · 2021-12-09

  • This house regrets the rising trend of progressive reimagination in art

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    For the purpose of this debate Progressive Re-imagination is the phenomenon when people re-imagine old art to have more progressive values (e.g. but not limited to Feminist Cinderella and Princess Jasmine Female Bosley in Charlie's Angels Black Ariel the mermaid etc.).

    Indonesian Varsity English Debate 2022 · 1 · 2021-12-09

  • As queer community this house regrets the significantly increasing commercialization of androginity

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    Androgyny is a type of gender presentation that mixes masculinity and femininity. The word itself combines the two concepts and means that someone has both masculine and feminine characteristics. The famous figures who are seen as an androgenous are Ruby Rose David Bowie Kristen Stewart Harry Styles etc.

    Indonesian Varsity English Debate 2022 · Open Octos · 2021-12-09

  • This house regrets the institutions of marriage and civil partnership.

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    A civil partnership (also known as a civil union) is a legally recognized arrangement similar to marriage created primarily as a means to provide recognition in law for same-sex couples. Civil unions grant some or all of the rights of marriage except the title itself.

    Momijicup 2021 · 3 · 2021-12-03

  • We, as human rights activists for the LGBTQIA+ community in Vietnam, will use the emergence of the LGBTQIA+ community in Vietnamese history and culture as a tactic to fight for equality.

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    Một số ví dụ về cộng đồng LGBTQIA+ trong lịch sử Việt Nam: Năm 1351 Đại Việt sử ký toàn thư chép ''ở Nghệ An có người con gái biến thành người con trai''. Vào thời Lê Thánh Tông tương truyềncó vụ án hai người đàn bà ngủ với nhau gồm một người đã có chồng và một người chưa chồng. Năm 1499 Đại Việt Sử ký toàn thư lại chép hoàng tử Lê Tuân đương thời ông được phong làm An Vương tính tình thông minh đĩnh ngộ học rộng sức mạnh hơn hẳn người thường. Ông thích mặc quần áo con gái. Nhiều hoàng đế trong lịch sử Việt Nam cũng có nam sủng.

    Northern Coast Debate Open 2021 · 2 · 2021-11-27

  • This house regrets the glorification of non-queer or cis-het presenting people for adopting a gender fluid style (gender fluid)

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    In 2019 Harry Styles became the first man to appear solo on the American cover of Vogue in decades he did so wearing a dress. Vogue was criticized for presenting Styles a non-queer presenting man as the face of gender fluid fashion by queer activist and actor Billy Porter who has adopted gender fluid fashion for most of his career.

    The Battleground Debate Open 2021 · 4 · 2021-11-26

  • This house would replace all gender specific pronouns with gender neutral pronouns. (Gender)

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    Raziuddin Shaikh All-Pakistan Senior Debating Championship 2021 · 3 · 2021-11-25

  • This house believes that LGBTQ+ movement in East Asia should actively criticize Danmei, rather than co-opting them

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    Danmei (耽美) is a genre of literature and other fictional media originating from East Asia which features romantic relationships between male characters. Usually the stories of Danmei are written, and read by female audiences.

    Asia Queer Open 2.0 2021 · 1 · 2021-11-13

  • This house supports Filipino LGBTQIA+ activists integrating religious texts in their advocacies as opposed to separating themselves from religion

    Fast Forward 2021 · Open Quarters · 2021-11-13

  • That the LGBTIQ+ movement should prioritize the narrative of reinterpretation of religions rather than the narrative against religions

    IUBDC National IV 2021 · 4 · 2021-11-12

  • This house as a religious parent in a Western country would prefer to raise their children in a closed religious community (e.g. ultra-orthodox) rather than a mixed/more open community

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    For the purposes of this debate there are two dominant narratives within the LGBTIQ+ movement regarding religion: one where the discourse seeks a constant critique of religion and another where the narrative seeks to generate a reinterpretation of religions to give acceptance to the community.

    IUBDC National IV 2021 · 4 · 2021-11-12

  • This house regrets the popularization of art types like drag voguing etc. outside the queer community.

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    In the Queer community there is a diversity of artistic representations typical of their culture. For example: Drag art involves the creation of an androgynous alter ego which does not necessarily imitate a woman or man. In the same way there is the vogue or voguing which is a style of dance initiated in the Queer community. These examples and among others have achieved considerable popularity in recent decades both within and outside the Queer community.

    Campeonato Nacional de Debate 2021 · 4 · 2021-11-06

  • This house being Marvel would create a new superhero that represents the LGBTIQ+ community instead of showing a well-known character openly part of the collective.

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    The era of entertainment such as comics has been born since 1940 taking everyday situations of life and reflecting them to the real world: example Spiderman suffering from debts and problems with his rent. Currently, comics have had to have an evolution showing their characters much more inclusive within their content, which are representative of today's society: example Loki being part of the Queer community.

    Liga 8 · 2 · 2021-11-06