SPEECH AND DEBATE FOR ALL.
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Out of the Closet, Into the Round: Queerness in Debate
Meilyn Aubuchon | 11/20/24
"Coaches are scared to teach debaters queer theory, competitors don’t want to answer it, and judges don’t want to evaluate it, and turn to banning instead of learning. If all we do in the debate community is ban the things that we don’t understand, how are we supposed to create a safe and inclusive place for queer debaters to express their identities?"
Rohan Dash | 11/13/24
"If you know who’s in your room, realize that they aren’t going to win simply for existing. No person is unbeatable, and that’s been proven time and time again. You too, have the capability to do well and even win national championships. The first step is realizing that."
Zarreen Johnson | 11/6/24
"The erasure of songs, books, movies, poetry and so many more written forms of media... it’s just a contest on who can twist the narrative the best, cut out all of the color in a story, and make it a film of black and white. All to earn a trophy."
More about us
Equality in Forensics is a student-run nonprofit organization that provides free and online resources to make speech and debate more accessible to students, educators, and coaches across America. We host a regularly updated blog, produce free and online resources, sponsor free coaching services, and host free events. Equality in Forensics has a mission of making speech and debate accessible to high school students across the country. We accomplish this through substantive, impactful activism.
Our community
Equality in Forensics fosters an active, tight-knit community in the Discord server. Here, we publish announcements, host events, and give debaters the opportunity to network and learn from each other.
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Equality in Forensics runs a regularly updated Instagram page that posts our blog articles, announces new events and opportunities, and engages with the rest of the speech and debate community.
Equality in Forensics publishes high quality video content to help students learn speech and debate events, get informed on new debate topics, and learn from the best competitors across the world.