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  • This house would include openly LGBT villains in your movies instead of queer coded heroes

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    The Hayes Code was a set of censorship guidelines enforced by major studios in the USA from the 1930s-1950s. These included that LGBT characters could not be represented in the media unless they were villains. Queer coding is the attribution of stereotypical LGBT traits to fictional characters without explicitly stating their gender or sexualities. It is 1950, you are a young, prominent director in Hollywood who is closeted

    Durham Schools 2025📚🏫 · Open Grand Final · 2025-03-29

  • This House Believes That mainsteam queer movements should discourage queer people from defining themselves based on their sexual identity labels

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    Sexual identity labels refer to how a person self-categorises their sexual or romantic attraction towards others (e.g. Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Asexual)

    Bristol Open 2025 · Round 2 · 2025-03-29

  • This House Believes That transgender rights advocates should prioritize fighting for the legal recognition and protection of trans identity (e.g. ability to legally change gender marker/name, antidiscrimination protections) over access to gender affirming care (e.g. hormone therapy, counseling, top/bottom surgery, voice therapy)

    North American University Debating Championships 2025 · Grand Final · 2025-03-28

  • This house, as a young queer person, W participate in the uprising

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    It is 1969 in New York City and a police raid on the Stonewall Inn (a gay bar) has led to an uprising against LGBTQ+ oppression and criminalisation. The protestors are throwing objects, forming barricades, and setting things on fires. The police are retaliating with use of force, including batons and tear gas.

    Cardiff Open 2025 · Silver Finals · 2025-03-22

  • This house, as a queer individual, would prioritize antinormative fulfillment

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    For the purposes of this debate, normative fulfillment refers to sources of fufillment which are traditionally valued: relationships, family, conventional careers. Antinormative fulfillment refer to things which may be fulfilling to an individual, but may not be viewed as legitimate by society.

    Mcmaster High Schools 2025 · Round 5 · 2025-03-22

  • This house prefers LGBTQ+ art and media that are celebratory (e.g., Heartstopper, Rookie, Pink Pony Club by Chappell Roan) over ones that are tragic (e.g., A Little Life, Call Me by Your Name, Take Me to Church by Hozier)

    BDU Rookies BP · High School Pre-Semis · 2025-03-22

  • This house believes that the LGBTQ movement should actively seek to denounce Side B Christians

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    Side B Christians are Christians who identify as experiencing same-sex attraction but nevertheless believe that homosexuality is sinful and therefore do not pursue same-sex relationships <br>

    Senior UBC Spring HST 2025 · Round 2 · 2025-03-19

  • In developed countries, This house would mandate foster care systems to prioritize LGBTQ+ couples over heterosexual couples in adoption placements

    CBS PD 2025 · Open Pre-Semi Finals · 2025-03-15

  • This house regrets easy access to gender transition surgery targeting young generation (including but not limited to: doctors not asking relevant questions about gender identity and providing hormone therapy without parental consent, school teachers not informing parents about a child's transition under the pretext of avoiding household conflict, and universities covering a significant portion of the surgery costs)

    Asian Bridge 2025 · ラウンド3 · 2025-03-15

  • This House believes that it would be unethical for you to press the button

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    You are a 40-year-old, middle-income gay man, happily married to your partner for 10 years. Together, you co-own a two-bedroom apartment in Montreal's gay village and have a 5-year-old child. One day, a man contacts you with definitive proof that your husband has been cheating on you with him for over a year. Shortly after you initiate a divorce with your husband, you discover a button only you can see and press. If you press it, your current universe would be erased, and you would be transported to another universe where you had never divorced your husband and could never learn of his cheating. You would have no memory of pressing the button.

    McGill IV 2025 · Grand Final · 2025-03-14

  • This house regrets the rise of identity politics in the 21st century

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    Identity politics generally refers to people evaluating issues through the lens of their association with a specific social identities such as race, gender, sexuality and religion. This in turn means that approaches to issues, politicians and political parties revolve around how those things affect the relevant group or groups. Examples include: voting for parties based on the social identity of political candidates, politicians having specific manifestos for certain groups, discourse regarding social justice through the lens of various social identities.

    European Schools Debating Championship 2025 · Quarterfinals · 2025-02-28

  • Assuming that bodily features (face, height, skin color, body shape) still differ from individual to individual, This House Prefers a world where everyone has the same self-presentation (same clothes, same hairstyle, same accessories)

    Kampala Open 2025 · Round 5 · 2025-02-23

  • This house believes that it is in the interest of the LGBTQIA+ community to splinter into single-issue movements (i.e. trans people forming advocacy groups that focus exclusively on trans advocacy, lesbians forming groups that focus exclusively on lesbian advocacy, etc.) as opposed to adhering to one collective movement (i.e. advocating on behalf of the entire LGBTQIA+ community)

    Leiden Open 2025 · Round 1 · 2025-02-22