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  • This house, as gender and sexual minorities, would adopt respectability politics

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    Respectability Politics is a set of beliefs holding that conformity to socially acceptable or mainstream standards of appearance and behavior will lead them into achieving respect.

    Founder's Trophy · Open Semis · 2021-01-30

  • This house believes that the trans movement should equally recognize the legitimacy of the detransitioning narrative to other trans narratives

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    De-transition is the cessation or reversal of a transgender identification or gender transition, whether by social, legal, or medical means

    Philippine Queer Open · Open Quarters · 2021-01-23

  • In countries where same-sex marriage is legal, this house supports the establishment of “Gaybourhoods” by the government.

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    A gaybourhood is a neighbourhood with generally recognised boundaries which is inhabited predominantly by LGBTQ individuals who voluntarily choose to live and/or work there

    Imperial Pro Am · 3 · 2021-01-23

  • This house would establish and subsidize gender minority divisions in competitive gaming

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    Competitive gaming (e-sports) is where professional players of multiplayer video games compete for prizes as competitors would in physical Olympics. Currently, competitive gaming, participated and watched mostly by male gamers, only has age/experience-based categories (junior leagues, novice championship, etc.) and does not have any specific gender categories/divisions.

    Philippine Queer Open · 1 · 2021-01-23

  • This house believes that social movements should not adopt works of art as symbols where the artist does not identify with that movement (e.g. the feminist movement adopting the close-up of flowers painted by Georgia O’Keeffee believing the paintings to be sexual depictions of female anatomy; the adoption of the horror film the Babadook by the queer rights movement.)

    Inner Temple Inter Varsity Debating Competition-2021 · 4 · 2021-01-15

  • This house believes that the queer community should actively promote queer theology at the expense of critique to religion

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    Queer theology is a theological method that has developed out of the philosophical approach of queer theory. Queer theology begins with an assumption that gender non-conformity and gay, lesbian and bisexual desire have always been present in human history, including the Bible.

    Uhuru Worlds · 7 · 2021-01-10

  • This house believes that the queer community should actively promote queer theology at the expense of critique to religion (LGBTQ+)

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    Queer theology is a theological method that has developed out of the philosophical approach of queer theory. Queer theology begins with an assumption that gender non-conformity and gay lesbian and bisexual desire have always been present in human history including the Bible.

    Uhuru Worlds 2021 Panthera Division · 7 · 2021-01-09

  • This house believes that the LGBTQI Filipino movement and its allies should co-opt religious groups in the fight to pass SOGIESC - based anti-discrimination act

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    Senate Bill No. 1934 or the proposed SOGIESC - based anti-discrimination act was passed early last December 2020 by the Committee on Women, Children, Family Relations, and Gender Equality chaired by Senator Hontiveros

    Debatable Open · Open Octos · 2021-01-09

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

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    1. 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. 2. 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.

    Debatable Open · Open Octos · 2021-01-09

  • This house believes that universal identity fluidity is a threat to state cohesion

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    Movements to mainstream identity fluidity -such as gender fluidity, age fluidity, racial fluidity et. al.- have met with varying degrees of success across the world.

    Xtension IV · Open Quarters · 2021-01-01

  • This house believes that the LGBTIQIA+ community should actively encourage non-hetero individuals in conservative countries to live dual identities

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    For the purposes of this debate, a 'dual identity' refers to a non-hetero individual who is openly gay only in the presence of certain environments or groups (ex: close friends, gay friends, etc.).

    The Halycon Debates · 4 · 2020-12-19

  • This house believes that the Kiera Bell ruling does more harm than good

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    Keira Bell, a 23-year-old de-transitioner woman from Cambridge, who previously identified as a boy, brought a judicial review against the Tavistock clinic, England’s only specialist youth gender-identity centre. She claimed that the clinic should not have allowed her to take puberty blockers (drugs that slow/prevent the development of secondary sexual characteristics) and later undergo testosterone treatment and a double mastectomy. The High Court in London ruled that it was “highly unlikely” that a 13-year-old and “doubtful” that 14- and 15-year-olds are mature enough to consent to such a procedure, and that doctors treating 16- and 17-year-olds may also need to consult a judge before starting. Additionally, access to puberty blockers and cross-sex hormones be significantly limited for children under 16 who exhibit gender dysphoria.

    The Halycon Debates · 4 · 2020-12-19

  • This house as the Hijra community would embrace the mythology surrounding them.

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    Hijra mythology believes that hijras have the power to bless or currse. this has resulted in fear of the hijra community as in some areas they are hired as tax collectors to ensure compliance. They often force themselves into special occasions such as weddings or the birth of a child to demand payment in exchange for blessings. As a result Hijra communities often live in close-knit communities isolated from mainstream society.

    Bangladesh UADC 2020 · 3 · 2020-12-10

  • This house regrets the de-politicization of the drag culture

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    De-politicization means for the purposes of this debate the refocusing of activities away from political advocacy protests and social changes onto other apolitical activities centered around a culture’s art form and entertainment aspects.

    Bangladesh UADC 2020 · 7 · 2020-12-10

  • This house as the Hijra community would embrace the mythology surrounding them

    Infoslide

    Hijra mythology believes that hijras have the power to bless or curse. this has resulted in fear of the hijra community as in some areas they are hired as tax collectors to ensure compliance. They often force themselves into special occasions such as weddings or the birth of a child to demand payment in exchange for blessings. As a result Hijra communities often live-in close-knit communities isolated from mainstream society.

    Bangladesh UADC 2020 · 3 · 2020-12-10