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Remove "sensitive social issues" bullet point.

Twitch should remove the "sensitive social issues" clause from Article VII of its Content Classification Guidelines. LGBTQ+ people, immigrants, and reproductive rights are NOT "sensitive social issues", they are common sense issues, where one side simply wants their liberties intact. The controversy is entirely on the other side of the argument the involves taking those liberties away.

Especially as it pertains to LGBTQ+ individuals, the notion that the discussion of their very existence is political is absolute nonsense. These people should be allowed to discuss the issues affecting them without being set behind some kind of "explicit content" label. This is a slippery slope that begins with people automatically labeling non-heteronormative lives and content as "deviant" or "degenerate", especially by grossly bad actors who want to be edgy.

Remove the final bullet point from Article VII.
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ADameNamedAmy shared this idea  ·   ·  Report…  ·  Admin →
Closed  ·  AdminTwitchSupport (Admin, Twitch) responded  · 

Thank you for raising this. We’ve just posted a Tweet addressing these concerns.

You don’t need to label your stream with the new Politics & Sensitive Social Issues CCL if you are sharing your lived experience. Intermittent mentions of politics, politicians, or sensitive social issues also do not require the Politics and Sensitive Social Issues label. We apologize for not communicating this well initially.

If you are an LGBTQ+ streamer, for example, you do not need this label when talking about your lived experience as a member of the LGBTQ+ community. We’ve added clarifying language to the Content Classification Guidelines to better express this.
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  • LumenAeternum commented  ·   ·  Report

    This is simply going to bully every single LGBTQ+ creator off the platform should the final bullet point of Article VII remain. Adding my voice, please remove it.
  • smkenward commented  ·   ·  Report

    The ignorance in this point is astounding. Queer identities are only political because things like this MAKE them political. There is nothing inherently political about queer lives and it's when ignorance like this exists that we have no other choice to discuss them no matter the consequences

  • Undead_Chara commented  ·   ·  Report

    Its disgusting and shameful what twitch has done here.

  • C11H17N3O8_TTX commented  ·   ·  Report

    People simply existing should never be classified as "sensitive social issues".

  • brendantwhite commented  ·   ·  Report

    This is nonsense. Some folks are gay, some are straight, some are bi or pan or ace or arrow and we're all just people.

    Imagine if we had to flag black people as "sensitive issues". Or Jews.

    Please, reconsider what side of history you are on.
  • Sparkster2600 commented  ·   ·  Report

    Feels wrong to make LGBTQ+ people label themselves as “sensitive topics.” This is dumb and it shouldn’t be a rule!
  • saswatsethi commented  ·   ·  Report

    QUEER PEOPLE NEED HUMAN RIGHTS, NOT THIS GARBAGE.
  • MagicAmoeba commented  ·   ·  Report

    Absolute shite. Get rid of the trash that proposed it as well.

  • RinTinTinnus commented  ·   ·  Report

    Since when were basic human rights a sensitive political issue?! LGBTQ+ people’s right to exist is equal to any other person’s right to exist!
  • Gorteh commented  ·   ·  Report

    Being who you are is not a "sensitive social issue"
  • SaltCoatedEgg commented  ·   ·  Report

    Absolutely disgusting that we have reached a point where companies think it's okay to push LGBTQ+ people under the bus for bigots.
  • noonmutter commented  ·   ·  Report

    What blithering idiot came up with this policy?
  • Gecko_4 commented  ·   ·  Report

    I hope one day my identity stops being associated with politics. I'm just a normal person like anyone else. This is just straight up discrimination and it's sad to see.
  • allievf commented  ·   ·  Report

    Whilst one can hope that censoring discussions around LGBTQ+ individuals will reduce those with abhorrent views getting their voices heard, this goes both ways (like the Bi community, lol). It’s a delight to see so many trans and gender diverse people streaming on twitch, and this will minimise - if not completely destroy - the communities that grow around those individuals. This could severely stunt growth for those channels, or could even attract those wishing to do bad.
    Labelling peoples’ identities as inherently political or controversial is dehumanising, and just reduces people to certain characteristics. This is an excellent way to single people out, or to silence them completely. Please, twitch, reconsider. The LGBTQ+ community has so few safe places already, this one doesn’t need to be lost as well.
  • adhd_warrior commented  ·   ·  Report

    Twitch is sensoring queer rights before they sensor NSFW content... what the ****.
    If people are upset by queer/immigrant/reproductive rights they can leave the stream or if they choose to be a hater, get banned by the streamer/the mods.
    All twitch has done is create a political issue that only negatively impacts minorities... what complete nonsense.
  • ThisIsTaken2 commented  ·   ·  Report

    LGBTQ+ rights are human rights, Twitch can get ****** for thinking otherwise.
  • SurvivalHermit commented  ·   ·  Report

    If this vote does not get this reversed then i recommend we all tag our streams with these labels even if we are not discussing these topics (I am not LGBTQIA+ or a woman or an immigrant) so that the use of the labels becomes muddied and overall useless. if half of twitch is labeled with these topics but only a small number of streams are actually discussing these topics then people will have no choice but to ignore the label or reduce the variety of their content.

  • JasonPlaysGamesontwitch commented  ·   ·  Report

    This is the kind of rule that would make me reconsider where I stream to.

    And I'm white. Straight. Cisgender.

    I'm not LGBTQ+ and yet I still think this is absolutely disgusting.

    Do better, Twitch.
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