People's identies, bodily autonomy are not and never will be a "sensetive social issue", the claim that it is dehumanizing and alienating for a large group of people that just live their lives like anyone else.

Hey Twitch, have you considered not sucking?

Twitch... this is just not it. I'm the type of person who believes in freedom of expression. I understand that you want to keep twitch a safe & positive space for all... I respect that... but the fact that you feel the need to essentially force LGBTQ+ folks to out themselves to anyone clicking on their stream, putting our existence on the same controversy level of topics such as warfare... it is so concerning to people from those communities who just wanna live their lives in peace & I hope you can see why. It makes us feel unsafe to be ourselves on the site... as if we are doing something controversial just for merely existing. The existence of LGBTQ+ people is neither controversial nor political.

The easier you make it for people to put us aside, the easier it is to pretend we never existed at all once we're gone. If people don't want to hear that other people different from them exist, that's a them problem. Close your eyes and go "la la la" if you can't handle it. We are not going to stop existing just because you're uncomfortable.

This act is a thinly veiled attempt at bigotry. For as much as Twitch claims to want to remove hate speech and make this platform more accessible, which I do support, this is the worst way to go about it, because you're punishing a community that is frequently targeted by hate speech. How exactly does that make any sense, Higher Ups? The VTuber decision was one thing, but this is discrimination and it's abhorrent on Twitch, and Twitch's staff should know and be better.

It seems disingenuous that Twitch celebrates Pride every June yet misses the point of Pride: that our existence cannot be legislated away. It is understandable that Twitch wants to avoid giving rise to the next Alex Jones but this bullet point goes too far. It eliminates the ability for streamers to defend themselves against laws that persecute them for exactly these "sensitive social issues". Leaving the guideline in place is a tacit capitulation to forces that would restrict these people's freedom. Let us defend ourselves, and let those who would oppress us try to convince us. I would wager that only one of those groups can present their side without violating any of the other content rules, and it's probably us.

LGBTQ+ censorship is diabolical...

The fact this was added in the first place is extremely concerning, and Twitch needs to take a closer look at whoever suggested it be added. They're not remotely someone who should be making decisions on content moderation.

A content warning because LGBTQ+ exist? What kind of dystopian censorship is that supposed to be? Remove it.

if you sit at a table and hear a debate between a marginalized person saying they have a right to exist and a bigot saying they do not, and your takeaway is "both sides are controversial," you have become a point of failure within society.

LGBTQIA+ identifying people are not controversial for discussing their life experiences.

Immigrants are not controversial for discussing their life experiences.

People are not controversial when discussing their right to bodily autonomy and reproductive freedom.

Bigots alone are controversial because they want to cause problems, and this is not how to solve that.

Not only is this a legal and social quagmire, you have now created a moderation nightmare.
Is it a warning to mention your sexuality or gender identity? Could saying you are a veteran be inflaming politics, or how about the fact you emigrated due to a job offer so that's why your stream times are changing?
What about the videogames themselves? Many directly confront racism, and mention sexuality, war and politics. Do we have to flag it during character creation and discussing the sex and gender of any characters being created?
There is no way to determine what crosses the line, so either chat needs to be entirely disabled and the streamer silent, or every single tag activated 'just in case'.

****, here's a basic thing; can we use the Pride emotes anymore without having to tag the stream as political? Your own products?

A lot is happening in the world right now, and minorites are struggling for community and spaces where they can just exist.
The wording of this terms update is concerning and removes the idea that being a minority is welcome on Twitch.

My gender is not a "sensitive social issue". This is censorship and is already heading into the realm of racism.

Yeah, LGBTQ+ isn't a "policital" issue, neither are reproductive rights or immigration. There aren't two sides to this issue, and it's patently absurd that anyone would suggest with a straight face that there are. Talking about people's right to exist as they are, and as they want to be, is not, should not, and *can* not be a ToS violation.

Please remove this rule. If somebody can't handle LGBTQ acknowledgement in a channel, then they can watch a different channel easily. I do not want certain people I watch on Twitch getting flagged for the pettiest of reasons.

In a matter of 24-ish hours, this has become around the 5th-highest-voted feedback item across _all_ categories (not just under Safety).

Twitch, you done *********. Fix it, stop ******** on a sizeable portion of your streamer and viewer base, and for crying out loud stop shooting yourselves in the foot like this.

A person's sense of self an identity is not political, sensitive, or explicit. It's a part of life and society, just as it always has been, and one that Twitch is threatening to lock away for... what? Pressure from hate mobs? Keeping advertisers happy? It's sickening, and whoever wrote and greenlit this change in the first place should be ashamed of themselves.

I stand with everyone who will be deeply hurt by this absurd policy change, and I sure as **** hope whoever at Twitch reads these comments - if anyone - gets it through to those in charge that these anti-LGBTQ+ guideline changes cave to and promote hateful rhetoric, and that they need to be reversed immediately.

Stop catering to the alt right folks and let people be themselves and express themselves how they want. Trans people “existing” doesn’t hurt anything. Pretending they don’t exist DOES.

I do not want to have to lable every stream. This is DISCRIMINATION I'm transgender so automatically my stream has transgender content. STOP DISCRIMINATING AGAINST MINORITIES.

the current guidelines are nothing more than a way to deem the queer community itself as inappropriate, further our marginalization, and appease a nunmber of bigots with large economic pull on Twitch.

My identity is not a political issue. LGBTQ+ voices are not the ones people should be afraid of.