So, um... To place myself in the role of any streamer or even vocal individual on this platform: I wake up in the morning, and I'm trans. I go to sleep, still trans. Kinda awkward, to avoid ever bringing up myself being trans. Wanna talk about characters I like in a gacha game? Oh - that'd be an LGBTQ+ topic as well. Wanna speak about asexuality or people not having to fulfil traditional societal roles and norms, related to gender or not? Also a "sensitive social issues" topic. Right up there along with "discussing military conflict, foreign policy and national security" and "livestreaming protests, rallies and civil unrest".

Here's the thing: A cis, straight guy can of course, easily talk about themselves, their life, who they like or their partner / significant other / who they're married to, who they interact with / who their friends are, how they feel as the gender they were born as, etc etc etc. They can talk about their experiences, their lives and themselves fairly freely. And that's how it totally *should* be, for everyone! Right...?

Under the new rules/policy/whatever, by the way it reads - a trans or gender non-conforming person, or any person with any sexuality other than 'straight and normal', or even any person who disagrees with traditional gender norms and roles, on the other hand (I personally am a trans girl and a lesbian with some alterous-attraction-flavoured leanings, for example)... Would have to either keep their words on almost any topic regarding their own lives to a few brief words AT MOST, or otherwise label themselves and their existence as a person or people like them, as a 'political or sensitive topic' to be spoken about gingerly and treated like something controversial on the level of wars and military conflicts, foreign policy, national security, protests, election-related disputes, etc etc etc...

That's, kind of, absurdly discriminatory, no? "No talking about yourself or your experiences, values, who you're married to, what your life is like, what you feel about yourself, whether people should feel free to be themselves, etc etc etc - if you are any form of LGBTQIA+." Yeah... This really doesn't sound fair or inclusive at all. So if you care about this, please, change or remove those last two bullet points, Twitch.

Also, it would be quite a bit nicer to quit with the whole "neutrality" stance it seems like Twitch is trying to pull with this. Remember when discrimination based on identity was against the TOS? You're now putting people who just exist or live as themselves, on the same level and in the same almost-censored spot as people who wish to debate against the validity or the existence of some people's rights. That may not be the look Twitch is aiming for, but it's the look it's getting right now.

To put it a little more personally and succinctly, and to echo many other replies I see both here and elsewhere: Speaking about my rights, my existence, my life, my experience and all of those of other people's, should not be deemed as 'too political' and censored with a kind of 'warning label' on what is/was supposed to be (and probably should continue to be for it's own health and ecosystem) a diverse and inclusive streaming site for all kinds of people, LGBTQIA+ or otherwise, regardless of gender, identity and race.

I, um... Might be speaking a little heatedly here to make a point, of course - hopefully it doesn't come off as *too* condescending or long-winded. I simply just care about this a lot, and I want to argue for things to be better, as much as possible.

I'm still trying to find any rationalization for how me simply existing is anywhere near the sensitive content ballpark of War. Making it make sense is not possible. Get this 2010 middle school bully ideology out of here.

While I agree with labeling talking in a political manner as such since the topics can become very heated and volatile labeling lgbtq+ as a general blanket “political” is not the right way to go. My existance is not political, it’s not an ideology, it is just a faucet of life I and many others lead just as straight cis people lead theirs. If being straight and cis isn’t an ideology then neither is being queer or trans.

Categorizing basic human rights as 'sensitive social issue' sounds so incredibly anti-human; it's disgusting.

Me living my life isn’t a political issue. This has to be one of the most absurd things Twitch has ever done.

My existence is not a political issue. My existence is not obscene. My existence is not explicit. My existence is not up for debate.

Do not dehumanize the human experience. Minorities and Queer people should not be “othered”. If you don’t have to do it to a cis straight white person, don’t do it to anyone else. If they don’t need a label, don’t “other” people by forcing them to have a label.

This is a pink triangle. If you don't get that reference look it up.

Stop with the hate Twitch!

By labeling the acknowledgement of marginalized groups as a "sensitive social issue", the Twitch Guidelines condemn anyone that isn't "normal enough". Such exclusionary wording invites attacks against legally protected groups, encouraging hate crimes. Twitch should know better than this. That entire section should be removed from guidelines

Why is my simple existence a "sensitive political issue"? What if having green eyes was treated the same way, so anyone with green eyes has to always wear contact lenses or sunglasses?
This policy doesn't protect trans creators like me from harassment either. Some anti-trans channel already focused on talking about current "political issues" and talk about me without changing a thing. I, on the other hand, just playing games and hanging out, have to label myself with something that has nothing to do with what I'm doing. Having the political label can draw in a negative crowd when I just wanna talk to my friends. Remove this policy if you value your queer creators.

All of those sound like sensitive social issues to me. You don't really get to pick what are the social issues of the world, even if they don't conform to your values. The fact there's so many people here passionately protesting for it simply proves how sensitive it is. It's just a label anyway, get real. This applies to Trumpers and Bible Thumpers just as much, and they'd like their worldview to be unquestionably normal too. This is just a bunch of people furious they can't get everyone to conform with their idea of what should be normal. I hope Twitch ignores this, honestly.

Gender and sexuality are not the same as civil unrest, war, etc. They shouldn't even be political issues or social issues. The people who's lives could be blanketed by terms such as gender non conforming aren't political issues. They are people who deserve to exist without being forced to label themselves, their lives, and their ways of living, under any circumstance.

If you think homosexuality or transgender people are an issue, it is you, the thinker who is the issue. PEOPLE DO NOT NEED PERMISSION TO EXIST. Which most people affected by this will be people of LGBTQ+ background or adjacency to them. Be a responsible platform and instead take the fight to the groups that declare this wonderful and vibrant community an 'issue'. Not to the people just wanting to live their lives happy and healthy.

Well the is really dumb no I am against this

By ordering all lgbtq+ people to give a forewarning for something as simple as discussing their own life and experiences, you create a greater divide--an 'us and them' sort of mentality--and a completely insulting and unnecessary one at that. Not only does it serve to further alienate and unfairly effect people who deserve to have their voice and stories heard, but I can't even begin to imagine what positive effect is intended to result from this! Everyone who got here before me in the comments are right: lgbtq+ topics are not political or sensitive or extreme.

The original bullet point is going the complete wrong direction. Please change it for the better.

Our existence is deemed time and time again to be political by the fact that they are under attack. Companies, schools, institutions on every level continue to reinforce this by buying into the idea that because some people dedicate their lives to debating and campaigning against ours, it means our identities our a "charged" or "controversial" subject. It's something people need to be "protected" from, something we have to keep sequestered away into a self-contained bubble. This is Twitch running away from their obligation to protect their queer and trans creators who they are profiting from, and instead oppressing and diminishing our lives and our voices. I can't wait for twitch's response to a queer creators facing harassment to be, "well did you have your f** badge on?"

It's just a bad idea

If you're repressing the ability for LGBTQ to speak, then you're repressing LGBTQ people. Simple as.

It's fair to question if Twitch desires to have fewer LGBTQ content creators, and if they'd prefer to cater to voices of intolerance instead.

I'm pretty sure this form wont help. Ain't that obvious that twitch as a corp just doesen't wanna loose money? That means they are trying to sit on two chairs at the same time rn, keep both the users from regions where lgbtq+ topics are illegal and keep the lgbtq+ users on the platform. And i'm pretty sure that those topics will be geoblocked some in countries according to their laws, including mine. And they also need streams related to lgbtq+ topics flagged to be able to geoblock them.
So currently we choose either to have to deal with descrimination and ban twitch entirely from some countries, or to have to deal with discrimination and have just lgbtq+ topics banned from countries like Russia.

I realize that my statement may confuse some people but i DID sign the petition. Ofcourse i ******* did. Please do this too.

my existance shouldnt be a political issue. literally ridiculous