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

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

    Argumentum Open 2021 · 1 · 2021-08-15

  • For crimes against minority individuals or groups (e.g. police brutality assault on trans individuals etc.) this house would lower the burden of proof from beyond reasonable doubt to on the balance of probabilities

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    The 'balance of probabilities' is met when evidence exists to prove that the suspect is more likely than not to have committed the crime. A finding of probable cause does not require whether there is evidence to secure a conviction or whether there is evidence that could acquit the suspect.The standard of 'beyond reasonable doubt' is met when evidence exists to produce moral certainty that the accused committed the crime. Alternatively if no such evidence exists there would be a 'reasonable doubt' that the accused did the crime thus freeing them from the charge.

    Argumentum Open 2021 · Open Quarters · 2021-08-15

  • This house would refuse to work on the project

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    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 due to the pandemic making searching for a job more difficult 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. Essentially you could be more comfortable. 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.

    DebateGo Waterloo 2021 Tournament · Open Semis · 2021-08-13

  • 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 due to the pandemic making searching for a job more difficult 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. Essentially you could be more comfortable. 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.

    DebateGo Waterloo 2021 Tournament · Open Semis · 2021-08-13

  • 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 due to the pandemic making searching for a job more difficult 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. Essentially you could be more comfortable. 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.

    DebateGo Waterloo 2021 Tournament · International Semis · 2021-08-13

  • This house would make it mandatory for national sporting teams should use diversity roster quotas to reflect the diversity of the national population.

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    A roster quota is a requirement that sports teams have players that are representative of the country they represent. For example a roster quota based on nationality would require that a team is made up of players that reflects the racial diversity of that country. To be specific if a US sports team has a roster of 20 players and about 15% of the American population is African-American then A MINIMUM of 3 out of the 20 players (15%) must be African-American. Roster quotas can also be done for other forms of identity such as LGBTQ+ identity ethnicity etc.

    DebateGo Waterloo 2021 Tournament · 3 · 2021-08-13

  • This house regrets the 'born this way' narrative

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    the 'born this way' narrative suggests that an individual's sexual orientation and gender identity is something they are born wiThis house, thus rendering it innate and unchangeable. For decades, this perspective has been the rallying cry of the LGBTQ+ movement in order to advance political change and cultural acceptance.

    Asia Schools Debate Championship 2021 · Open Final · 2021-08-07

  • This house as a leading LGBTQ+ advocacy group in East Asia Would set up expanding awareness, acceptance, and adoption of marriage of convenience as a top priority

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    A marriage of convenience is a marriage CONSENSUALLY contracted for reasons other than that of love and commitment. Instead, such a marriage is entered into for personal gain, hiding one's homosexuality, etc. Among all married sexual minorities in China, about 15% of individuals are in such marriage

    China Queer Open 2021 · Open Semis · 2021-07-31

  • This house believes that it is justified for trans activists to provide credible supply of hormonal drugs to minors regardless of parental consent

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    In China, sex reassignments for transgender individuals and intersex genitalia mutations for intersex individuals despite doctors' discretion in some cases, are not covered by national medical insurance scheme. Yaoniang refers to trans male individuals who try to acquire female traits through taking Androgen inhibitors and Estrogens. Those hormonal drugs are prescription drugs that are mostly inaccessible for transgender individuals by legal means. On one hand, Yaoniang community is a very supportive community with a lot of kind-hearted members. While on the other hand, many Yaoniang are also facing fraud, instigation of participating prostitution or pornography. A considerable proportion of them are minors or young adults

    China Queer Open 2021 · 3 · 2021-07-31

  • This house regrets the rise of Dangai Dramas in China

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    Dangai Dramas refers to Chinese TV dramas adapted from danmei literature - a genre of web literature that centers on male-male romantic relationships, typically created by women and targetted towards a female audience. When adapted to TV, because of the presence of censorship, those TV shows often depict a 'bromance' between the two male characters intentionally construed with homoromantic / homoerotic subtexts

    China Queer Open 2021 · 4 · 2021-07-31

  • This house regrets the rise of rainbow capitalism

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    Rainbow capitalism is the commercialization and commodification of LGBTQ movements most notably Pride

    WSDC Macau Online 2021 · 3 · 2021-07-28

  • This house supports Rainbow Capitalism

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    Rainbow Capitalism (or Pink Capitalism) refers to the incorporation of LGBTQ+ content by businesses into their products so as to capitalize off the purchasing power that Queer people have. Examples include: Adidas 'pride' sneakers, Apple Watch 'pride' bands, H&M rainbow socks, etc.

    WSDC 2021 · Open Octos · 2021-07-28

  • This house supports organisations like the Jonathan Project

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    The Jonathan Project is an organization that works as a matchmaking service to pair gay men with lesbian women for the purpose of marriage.

    Gadjah Mada Debating Championship 2021 · Open Quarters · 2021-07-18

  • This house believes that the queer community should actively embrace religious organisations and queer religious individuals in its leadership positions and advocacy. (community)

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    Mahasangram 2021 · 5 · 2021-07-10

  • This house believes that the Indian LGBT movement should frame the cause as rooted in domestic culture and tradition rather than as part of a contemporary international movement. (Indian LGBT Movement)

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    Shiv Nadar University Parliament Debate 2021 · Open Quarters · 2021-07-10