This clause in Article VII is far too vague and opens LGBTQ+ people to far more discrimination than it could potentially protect them from by barring extremist streamers from advocating for discriminatory legislation against LGBTQ+ people. It forces us to stay on our toes and walk on eggshells whenever we want to talk about our personal experiences, inherently deprioritizes us in the algorithm, and restricts our ad revenue, suppressing our voices. Most of all, at its core it politicizes our existence and others us—it's yet another barrier between us and the "default". It's shortsighted and discriminatory, plain and simple. Remove it. The fact this clause even made it to publication says a lot about you and your platform.

People's existence is not political. On the other hand, harassing people for having the audacity to exist IS. Maybe focus your moderation efforts towards stamping out the people doing the harassing instead of trying to push people back into the closet.

There is no way this is remotely equivalent to anything else on this list. Twitch needs to calm down with their policies in general and this is one great example of them just overstepping in a big way. I get that "Politics" is a weird subject but last I checked the mere existence of someone has nothing to do with that.

Or are people not people any more and basic human decency has gone the way of the Dodo in the Twitch staff? Fix it.

I am a human, living my life. We are people, please change this rule.
The people of the LGBTQ+ should not be considered "controversial" for talking about there life or what makes them who they are.

As a trans woman, I was scared and confused when I realized I was trans. In response I went looking for trans streamers on twitch to help me understand what I was feeling. Because of this I've found multiple accepting and welcoming LGBTQ+ twitch communities.

It would not be an exaggeration to say that these communities have had a profound benefit on my mental state.

This policy does not protect anyone, and instead could cause irreparable harm to individuals like me who are just seeking a safe place to feel like they belong.

Oi, wth is this!? Our existence isn't a "sensitive social issue", it's a fact!

I hope my vote helps. I hope there will enough votes to stop this happening

I exist, I am LGBTQ+, my existence is not a political issue, it is not sensitive content, I should be able to freely talk about it and issues regarding it.

Sexuality and gender identity is not political. Hiding away or discrimination against LGBTQ+ people and their voices is. A queer content creator should not face additional discrimination by the platform on account of them being queer.

This is an absolutely insane bulletpoint to add and should be removed promptly. Existing is not political.

Please get rid of this junk. I am Trans just constantly, and naturally I will probably get some questions about it.

My existence is not up for debate, it is not political. It is only politicized by those who wish to vote me out of existence. Do not give them the tool to segregate us out of public conversation.

just let us exist already. please. why are you making it so hard?

This content classification guideline encourages abuse of the content moderation system by unsavory characters to get people banned just for being a member of these social groups. I'm sure it isn't Twitch's intention, but it absolutely will be the result. There is already a culture of certain groups going on mass reporting harassment campaigns against small vulnerable creators. This policy only enables the behavior.

Twitch...you stop this crazy thinking right now!

I vote against Twitch becoming a safe space for the socially regressive.

My existence is not political.

This achieves nothing but censor individuals and fit us into neat little boxes to control us. This isn't productive or helpful to Twitch as a community.

My friends existing isn't a political issue. LGBTQ+ rights is a basic human decency issue, not a sensitive subject.

Honestly I take issue with including gender/race/sexuality in the prior bullet point as well as that's just peoples' lives. (Religion conversely, look, that can potentially be a very loaded thing depending on who it is)

I am a trans woman. I have friends and family that use twitch as a platform and that identify outside the binary. It makes me sick to my stomach that the idea of them, or myself, communicating our struggles or celebrating our journeys is considered "controversial". If this was done in an effort to protect LGBTQ+ individuals than it MUST be rolled back or expanded on. Failure to do so will only show that twitch is adding this rule as a way to oppress queer voices.

Feigning ignorance through silence is just as bad as allowing bigotry on the platform. We should be striving towards normalizing queer ideology, not segregating users and their content from other, more typical content, because of trivial matters like sex, or gender, or religion. And why is my personal life being labeled as a "social issue". Why is me, being who I am, on par, in twitch's own words, with hot button issues akin to the Isreali-Palestinian conflict, or gun control.

Why is it that my desire to be treated fairly, with basic human rights, will be equated to discussing mass homicide? Why is it that a company running a SOCIAL PLATFORM claiming they're being inclusive to all, than add a feature to block any and all LGBTQ+ content for users? If any other popular social platforms follow suit, It will set queer inclusivity back 10 years.

I grew up in a area predominantly lived in by heterosexual Caucasians. I didn't receive proper education on queer topics, period. And only learned through limited media representation and the internet what being gay meant. I new I was something like that. In other words, not normal and it scared me. If I had been taught acceptance I would have found my true self much earlier in life and promptly could have avoided my short lived faze of succumbing to my instilled homophobia. I worry for children like me. Who don't have any queer examples in the real world and lash out. Knowing that they're different but not quite sure how. Looking for things to help them build upon themselves. So they can grow into whomever they wish. But cannot access those resources as they're deemed too "controversial" or "not age appropriate". And if parents get access to these types of content blocks than there is no telling just how detremental that will be to young LGBTQ+ individuals.

[TL;DR] Please, for the love of all that may or may not be holy, remove the last two bullet points on Section VII of the twitch Community Guidelines. Or, at the very least, better word them to define what constitutes "discussing ideological or socio-political views on topics like gender, race, sexuality, or religion." and where the line will be drawn, how fickle it may be.