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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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  • exiled_phoenixytr commented  ·   ·  Report

    I dont kniw why people think transgendered individual are an issue due to 1 ir 2 bad people. Its racism all over again
  • TidusZecht commented  ·   ·  Report

    Forcing people to label their streams because of LGBTQ+ conversations and their natural points is only allowing hate to come to those streams via searching for that tag so that people can abuse those streamers. It's nonsense. And if anyone doesn't think that's a thing that's happening, I can assure you it's dead wrong to think that. People do that on EVERY social media site and any site that allows users to interact with each other. So come on Twitch, please change this.
  • BeardedCollector commented  ·   ·  Report

    I've seen Twitch push out some wild and offensive changes to their rules in my 3 years of streaming but this is by far THE WORST! All this does is push further harm to these marginalized groups and is so unnecessary especially in 2024!!

  • unoriginal1poster commented  ·   ·  Report

    This bullet point is discriminatory, and will inherently harm people. Removing it is only the *beginning* of what should be done.

  • Vibrant_Glowstick commented  ·   ·  Report

    LGBTQ+ is NOT political!!! You are essentially saying certain people must flag themselves if they want to acknowledge their own existence and the existence of the world around them and the people in it! That is just thinly veiled censorship.
  • icallshogun commented  ·   ·  Report

    These are some of the least sensitive topics I can imagine. Every item listed here, lgbtq+, immigrants, and reproductive rights, have been included in everyday conversations I have had in the past. I would not hesitate to discuss them frankly with anyone.

    I find it utterly perplexing that talking about my friends, family, and neighbors could be considered "sensitive social issues." I cannot fathom how fragile a person must be to think it is.
  • Temperstance commented  ·   ·  Report

    Fascist-apologist policy is not a good color for social media.
  • blinkygal commented  ·   ·  Report

    This policy is treating LGBT folks as unnatural, outsiders, with less rights to express and talk about themselves than cishet folks have. It is not adult content, children are also LGBT, and being a kind of person should not be censored. This is a lever for bullying and deplatforming and silencing LGBT people, that will drive them off the platform.

  • justizzyco commented  ·   ·  Report

    How Twitch didn't see this and immediately realize the potential damage this would do to the LGBTQ+ community is beyond my comprehension. You can fix this, Twitch. Please, let people talk about who they are without cracking down on them for doing so. You can prevent bigotry without removing the voices of those who are victims of that same bigotry.
  • duesenklipper commented  ·   ·  Report

    LGBTQ people and their lives are not a "sensitive issue" unless you're a fascist.

  • anarchisttrashcan commented  ·   ·  Report

    As a trans person, to have my existence and discussions about my experiences, such as talking about an interaction I may have had in public that day as a result of being queer, to be considered equally as controversial as discussing war, politics, or streaming protests, for example, is incredibly disrespectful and has the potential to lay out a very dangerous precedent for the future. While I understand that not all people may want to discuss these things at all times, to essentially be cut out of the rest of the streaming community and labeled as 'controversial' because I simply exist, regardless of the content I or anyone else creates, is not only damaging to our potential viewership, and possibly revenue for both Twitch and the individual content creator, but it could very easily lead to targeted harassment and bad-faith usage of the proposed policies. It's one thing to have a specifically political channel, like Hasan's for example, be considered to be primarily political and controversial, but for any and all queer folks to be wrapped into the same group because they simply exist is simply not the way to go.

  • NeonNightmareFuel commented  ·   ·  Report

    If they're gonna do this they need to remove every mention of religion, every Jesus christ scream clip, every pray emote, if you wanna start claiming illogical bs, start from the beginning

  • LesbianPretzel_ commented  ·   ·  Report

    Hi, I'm a lesbian, who also happens to be trans. This change is not only stupid, but is actively bending to the will of bigots who would rather see queer and trans people removed from the world. As others have said, this will also definitely unproportionally target trans people.

    I'm friends with many fellow queer people both online and irl. I am not political for just existing. My friends are not political for just existing, either. We're not a "sensitive social issue".

    This change will be a negative in the long run, Twitch. Making the platform less open is not the way to go.

  • freiheitreiss commented  ·   ·  Report

    We’re all humans here, so why censor some of us but not all of us? It’s completely ridiculous that we have to ask for basic decency.
  • MachineMoronis commented  ·   ·  Report

    yeah maybe don't try to isolate a good chunk of humanity with 'sensitive social issues' clauses just to make a bunch of ****** feel more comfortable saying slurs, thanks
  • mrswintercherry commented  ·   ·  Report

    So many people have already voiced their opinion and pointed out all the problems with this policy, and I'm also not typically one to sign petitions/suggestions or things along those lines, but this is so horrendous, that I need to be an additional voice in this, so you know just how badly you messed up with this.

    LGBTQ+ people just openly talking about our personal lives is not political. Us existing without having to shut up and pretend we're not queer, just because bigoted people get uncomfortable, is not our problem, it's theirs. Not only is this policy discriminatory, but it's also promoting hate and bigotry, by making those aiming to harass us have an easier time finding streams that talk about queer topics to harass. And what kind of absurdity is it, that streams have to be tagged if an LGBTQ+ related topic is mentioned in passing?! This policy is effectively saying "Either shut up about being queer, or go in the section we've designated." There is hardly a clearer way to make a blatantly discriminatory policy. And to put the whole thing in the same category as war, is downright appalling.

    After years, I finally came back to Twitch when I stumbled onto a streamer I enjoy watching. I wish to support them, and it saddens me to say, but until this policy changes, I will not be doing so on this platform, because I will not be using it, until this policy is removed.
  • theGoblinBurrows commented  ·   ·  Report

    This policy literally makes it so I cannot talk about my day to day experiences because it is impossible for me not to take a side in how I am personally treated. My existence is not ideological. I just ******* exist.

  • Darth_Science commented  ·   ·  Report

    Erasing the identity of a minority group or even labeling them as controversial is an affront to decency and ethical business both. We are not any lesser than those who are cis and straight nor should we be treated as such. Do better.
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