Trans tag request
It is hard enough finding trans representation in our daily lives. With the LGBTQIA+ tag, one still needs to browse through channels and spend time in them to find trans streamers. A "trans" tag would help people searching for these communities.
Today we are rolling out 350+ tags, including the transgender tag, to provide you with more options on how you express yourself and your content, so that you can more easily connect with one another and build wonderful communities. We are really appreciative for all of the feedback around this topic (and other related suggestions).
We previously told you that we had a better solution to this request than adding the tag, and we were wrong. This has been one of the most popular requests we’ve heard, and the simple truth is that we should have done this sooner. In an effort to think carefully about how to best address this, we only made the situation more difficult. Again, thank you for helping us throughout this process in reevaluating our stance.
Please continue to share ideas and feedback you have to UserVoice, as well as any suggestions for additional tags you feel we may have missed! We are working to invest more into this forum and aim to have faster communications in the future.
Please check out our blog post for more info: https://blog.twitch.tv/en/2021/05/26/celebrate-yourself-and-your-community-with-350-new-tags/
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ProneDoesClassics commented
Update? You promised updates and have yet to say anything about this since October 2020. Are you ignoring us or are you... oh wait. Yeah you're ignoring us.
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embeettv commented
The trans community has a long history of feeling left out of the LGBTQ+ community. Most streamers with the tag I come across are cis-gendered gays or lesbians. This would be a nice, inclusive addition to the tag list!
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JezebelDreed commented
I've been getting emails about this since I voted in favor of the trans tag, and I think many people here are taking the wrong approach. Twitch is a company, it does not care what it's like to be trans, not even in places like the US, Alberta and the east coast in Canada, Poland, the middle east etc... You cannot appeal to basic decency with a company, the only way Twitch will add the tag is if not doing so significantly hurts their profits or possibly they are concerned that it will.
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ItsADean commented
As a trans streamer, this would be awesome, both to identify myself but also to help find others who have similar experience <3
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RDK88Plays commented
for real how hard is it to make a new tag. Twitch keeps up with their community so well as per usual.
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ewill319 commented
It's been a year now and nothing. It costs literally nothing to do this one good thing
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AchronTimeless commented
The longer this goes without you even acknowledging it makes you look even worse
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edgeofthefreak commented
Over 1100 comments and nearly 9000 votes for this. Options are awesome, Twitch. People can choose to NOT use the tags you add, but until you add them, no one can choose to use them. Options are awesome. Plz consider this.
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Makorie commented
Just add the tag already.
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kookoobananas commented
give the world what it needs!
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SnuggleStream commented
Long overdue and very much needed! GIVE US THE TRANS TAG!
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RealEdibleOnion commented
It's been multiple years and twitch still hasn't added a trans tag. There's already an lgbtq+ tag why is it so hard for them to add a trans tag.
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braziliandutchy commented
Never forget the paradox of tolerance and our path to a better world won't be diverted.
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lucy_aldra commented
This isn't hard to put in place. Just do it, you already have an LGBTQA+ tag. A trans tag is just an extension of that.
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jaspyrrr commented
it’s been two years, how long do you have to consider it?
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StarCrashr commented
Why is one database query taking so long? 🤔
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UVGloPanda commented
This tag is so desperately needed, it helps find spaces where trans individuals can feel safe or connect...why has there been no answer on this Twitch?
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peebers1984 commented
we're the users, please make it easier for us, kthxbye
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CakeyOnline commented
Please and thank you.
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ZerdathsGamerTherapy commented
or just give us back the ability to set our own tags