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  • That we support the use of 'right to privacy' arguments to advance social causes (for example, the decriminalisation of abortion and homosexuality)

    Infoslide

    Right to privacy arguments assert that the state should not have the ability to interfere in the decisions and actions of individuals.

    Advanced Open · Grand Final · 2021-09-14

  • This house believes that the LGBT+ movement in the developing world should pursue an incrementalist approach to social change as opposed to a radical approach

    Infoslide

    Incremental approach is a gradual method of achieving social change by targeting local courts, lobbying for municipal/city ordinances, establishing local movements, etc. A radical approach advocates for the rapid transformation of national attitudes and discourses on issues by pushing for institutional and systemic changes (i.e. filing petitions in Supreme Courts/Challenging Supreme Court Rulings, large-scale protest movements, calls to oust anti-LGBT+ politicians, etc.)

    Regatta IV 2021 · Open Semis · 2021-09-11

  • In countries where homosexuality is legal this house would criminalize the abandonment of children due to their sexuality or gender

    Xtensions IV 2021 · 1 · 2021-09-06

  • In countries where homosexuality is legal this house would criminalize the abandonment of children due to their sexuality or gender

    Xtensions IV 2021 · 1 · 2021-09-06

  • This house would drink the cup of milktea

    Infoslide

    You are a homosexual person in 2021. An angel offers you a cup of milktea that will turn majority into homosexual overnight. Everyone will have their previous memories, experience, social surroundings and objects etc. altered accordingly. In short, people will indeed believe that they live in a society where homosexual relationship is the predominant form of relationship and hetreosexual is the minority. this is said so as a small number of people will be immuned to the effect of the milk tea hence they will remain hetorosexual.

    Strait Debate Open 2021 · Open Final · 2021-09-04

  • This house believes that LGBTQ movements in progressive nations should focus its campaing in family values instead of sexual liberalization

    CMDLP 2021 · 4 · 2021-09-03

  • This house regrets the rising popularity of the BL genre within the Asian entertainment industry.

    Infoslide

    BL or Boy’s Love is a genre of fictional media that features homoerotic relationship between male characters. Thought it is typically created by women for women and is distinct from homoerotic media marketed to gay men it does also attract male audience and can be produced by male creators.

    International Relations English Competition UGM 2021 · 2 · 2021-08-24

  • This house believes that that the Queer movement should promote a narrative of actions, rather than people, being queer (e.g. that two cis men who have sex with one another are not queer individuals, but people engaging in a queer act)

    Oceania Queer Open 2021 · Open Final · 2021-08-21

  • This house believes that it is in the interest of the LGBTQIA+ movement to oppose the queerbaiting of movie characters when they were otherwise considered straight.

    Infoslide

    Queerbaiting is a marketing technique for fiction and entertainment in which creators and directors hint at, but don't actually depict same-sex romance or other LGBTQIA+ representation. An example would be Watson in Sherlock Holmes.

    5th Linkbate Debating Championship 2021 · Open Semis · 2021-08-21

  • This house, as the queer mutant, W rather be a villain than a hero.

    Infoslide

    You are a queer mutant gifted with the ability of shape shifting. this can be used for good or evil effectively.

    Oceania Queer Open 2021 · Open Final · 2021-08-21

  • This house prefers LGBTQ+ movies with more optimistic portrayal (e.g. Love, Simon) in comparison to the ones with more realistic portrayal (e.g. Prayers for Bobby)

    ALSA e-Comp UI 2021 · Varsity Pre-Quarters · 2021-08-20