These are not sensitive issues. These are demographics of people that exist, and have a right to do so without the politicising of their identities — what a disappointing cave-in to hateful politics.

Maybe twitch can’t see the dehumanisation and harm these terms will bring to effect, but twitch can expect to see the loss of revenue and engagement from these communities as they leave a platform that censors even the mention of their existence. Let’s hope at least one of these factors matters to twitch.

Straight up discrimination. The LGBTQ population have been here saince the dawn of time. Our existence and experiances are not contraversial (except in the discrimination we constantly face)

Being trans is a facet of my life, as is being a lesbian. I talk about that constantly. To put me talking about my transition of my girlfriends on the same level as war and political protest is vile

Queer existence and queer people talking about our lives should not be forced to have a political label attached to us for talking about something relating to our queerness

Please remove this idea entirely, Your shutting down multiple types of speech, Trans folks, political tubers, and more. This is just down right phobic and in the poorest taste.

We all already know Besos is a coward because he owns the Post and tried to play up the middle on the endorsement, This is more of that.

Sorry bud you dont get to silence everyone and play centrist.

Your platforms need people and this is gonna give a whole lot of the smart ones a reason to build their own platform.

As a trans person, if my existence in this space makes you so uncomfortable that you have to segregate me from everyone else, then you don't deserve to have me here. This is a direct attack on our right to exist where we choose and we are not going to stand for it.

Our existence is not a debate! We're people, not an issue to be discussed or argued against, and we're not "explicit"

lets go lesbians and other lgbtq+ friends

LGBTQ+ people are not, have never been, and never will "sensitive social issues." The entire rule gives off vibes of a certain nationalist party from 1930s Germany

I am transgender. I know from my own experiences that just existing and being available on stream to anyone freely has given some a window into the life of a trans person without the context and sometimes aggression seen on media and social networks. That experience was their true first positive experience with a trans person and had shifted their previous stances. I have doubt that if my stream were labeled with a political or social issue tag that we would've had such an opportunity. Sometimes growth and understanding comes from being outside of one's comfort zone. That's an important thing to remember. This policy will just continue to drive division.

This is absolutely disappointing, especially days out from a US Presidential election.

im against this decision of suppressing the lgbtqia community. i'm disgusted that this is even a thing

Being acquittances and even friends with a lot of LGBTQ+ content creators, I am signing this in support.

People's mere existence should not be political. They should be allowed to talk about themselves and experiences without facing consequences and should not need to be labeled. As a pan man I'm with my fellow LGBTQIA+ folks on this.

The whole point of watching streamers is to hear them talk about what's on their mind and their lives. Literally just talking about being LGBTQ+ is no different than talking about having curly hair, or being from a specific country. It's not a political issue to exist.

By keeping this bullet point, Twitch is only making it easier for people to make false reports on people who are just talking about their lives. Being LGBTQIA+ is not political. Neither is being a woman who needs reproductive health care. And immigrants are simply people. These are human rights issues... we all deserve to feel safe and have access to support. People aren't social issues. They're people. They should be able to feel safe talking about things that affect their daily lives.

I stand with my LGBTQIA+ family and friends. I stand with my fellow women who simply want reasonable health care so we can live. I stand with people like my grandfather, who was an immigrant. I also stand for my BIPOC friends and family who might fall under this guideline, as well as those who are disabled or have mental health diagnoses.

Of course Twitch going with another sh!tty idea like the advertisement guideline they reversed.

I'm a bisexual Jewish Veteran woman who talks about mental health sometimes and encourages my viewers to seek mental and physical help if they need it because we don't all exist in a vacuum. My existence isn't political or "sensitive" at all, and I shouldn't be discriminated against like this.

It is disgusting to label people as "sensitive social issues" just because they do not conform to the rigid definitions of bigots.

The thing is literally ANYTHING gender-queer/LGBT+ is "political" so as a queer person, when I tell personal anecdotes about my life, all of the sudden it's politics and has to be marked. If someone asks why my name is Gwen and my voice is so deep, that can very easily turn into an apolitical discussion of "You don't need to voice train to be valid." or "Why I specifically don't care to voice train atm." If I tell a story, it's going to be LGBT+ related, because I am LGBT+, it doesn't magically make my story political.

For me, being trans is a small part of my day to day life. I wake up, go to work, go home and the fact that I'm trans doesn't cross my mind or come up in conversation all that often. I do not want to put a small fact of my life on blast to a platform that will have people harassing me for that small fact. This should not be a thing, this should not be an issue. The fact I'm trans is not controversial, other people make it controversial.