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  • This house believes that the trans movement should prioritize securing protections for trans individuals through interpretations of existing sex discrimination laws, rather than lobbying for new trans-specific anti-discrimination legislation.

    Diliman Asian Parliamentary 2025 · Round 3 · 2025-06-23

  • This house would require all people to regularly enter the switcheroo

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    The switcheroo is a simulation where people experience an accurate simulation of living as a different person for a month, however the simulation itself would only take 1 hour in the real world. The race, class, sexuality, profession of your life in the simulation would be randomized.

    Budapest Pre-EUDC Fundraiser 2025 · ESL Finals · 2025-06-21

  • This house believes that the queer movement in Jamaica should oppose rather than support the police

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    Jamaica's anti-sodomy and public morality laws have long sanctioned violence and discrimination against queer people. In recent years, the queer movement in Jamaica and its advocacy groups (e.g., J-FLAG, TransWave) have grown more visible and influential. Although formal arrests are now rare and police sometimes provide limited protection for events like Pride, officers regularly intimidate and harass queer people.

    Colourful Summer Open 2025 · Round 4 · 2025-06-21

  • This house believes that the LGBTQ+ community should actively combat the stereotype of queer hypersexuality

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    The stereotype of queer hypersexuality refers to the perception of excessive sexual behaviors attributed to individuals identifying as LGBTQ+. Examples include highlighting the frequency of sexual encounters with other members of the community, the supposed popularity of sexual events, or self-sexualisation

    Budapest Pre-EUDC Fundraiser 2025 · Semifinals · 2025-06-21

  • This house believes that queer microdigital TikTok communities contribute more harm than good to queer representation

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    FlopTok (i.e., Floptropica) and RPDRTok are prominent examples of queer microdigital TikTok communities primarily characterized by satirical content, participative storytelling, queer-coded humor, and fandom hyperfixations centered around celebrities and meme icons (e.g., CupcakKe, Jiafei, Trisha Paytas). Notably, these communities overtly reject mainstream narratives, while having gained a huge following online.

    Santiago Ortega Cup II · Marvin Parma Cup Finals · 2025-06-07

  • This house would come out of the closet publicly

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    It is 2022\. You are a gay Danish footballer playing in the English Premier League. You are closeted and only your parents know about your sexuality. There is only one other publicly gay footballer in a different club in the league.

    Rotterdam Pre-EUDC · Grand Final · 2025-06-07

  • This house supports the rise of performative allyship in corporate and online spaces

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    Performative allyship refers to acts where individuals, corporations or institutions take public supportive stances towards LGBTQ+ community but not taking any meaningful actions.

    Santiago Ortega Cup II · Marvin Parma Cup Finals · 2025-06-07

  • This house believes that award-giving bodies should recognize male and female talents under a singular award category.

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    In the film and television industry, award-giving bodies often recognize outstanding cast performances with awards such as Best Actor, Best Actress, Best Child Actor, and Best Child Actress, with "actors" referring to male talents and "actress" referring to female talents.

    Northern Luzon Intervarsity 2025 · Round 3 · 2025-05-31

  • This house believes that the integration of trans issues into the feminist movement's advocacy has done more harm than good to the strategy of the movement.

    Xavier Cup 11 · Round 1 · 2025-05-25

  • (C) This house, as the feminist movement, W actively deplatform TERFs from feminist spaces

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    (C) TERFs (Trans-Exclusionary Radical Feminists) are individuals who identify with radical feminism but reject the inclusion of transgender women in women’s spaces and rights movements.

    Taylor's Asian Parliamentary 2025 · Round 3 · 2025-05-25

  • This house, as trans rights advocates in the academe, prefer to emphasize the similarities between trans and cis people (e.g., shared bodily functions, emotional experiences, and general healthcare needs) over emphasizing biological or neurological differences (e.g., distinct brain structures, effects of hormone therapy, or unique experiences of dysphoria) in their academic and advocacy work

    Xavier Cup 12 · Novice Finals · 2025-05-25