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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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  • stefankage666 commented  ·   ·  Report

    If twitch was around during the civil rights movement would they have also asked POC streamers to label their streams? this is a ridiculous and obviously discriminatory idea, someone's identity is/should not be political.

  • Arcsech commented  ·   ·  Report

    Yeah I’m 100% done with Twitch if this stays.

  • riversidewings commented  ·   ·  Report

    My identity is not a "sensitive social issue," it is my identity. Shame on you, Twitch. Reverse this at once.
  • 420_blushed commented  ·   ·  Report

    This will only gi e license for those with a transphobic agenda. The idea that me as a person trying to live my life and communicate with others in a marginalized community is considered "sensitive social issue" is a disgusting concept. These open ended guidelines are almost exact as the double standard used on political streamers Denims , Frogan and Capri for being anti genocide. Stop trying to become a cesspool of far right hate as the Elon app
  • weikowombat commented  ·   ·  Report

    My identity will not be considered a sensitive issue. We have made so much progress in the acceptance that LGBTQIA+ people are simply people and not scary deviants that we can't go back. Twitch should continue to support LGBTQIA+ creators who make up so much of the population by not allowing a reason for them to be discriminated against by labeling them as "sensitive content"

  • Caenymh commented  ·   ·  Report

    It’s distressing that my every day existence is considered sensitive and controversial. I can’t just “turn off” the political aspects of my life. They ARE my life and that is a privilege I don’t have.
  • XaosWolf commented  ·   ·  Report

    Absolutely incredible that we've gotten to this degree of mask removal. Unacceptable, blatant pandering to the chuds.

    Get rid of whoever added this to the guidelines as they are unfit for both the position and for any speculation on what constitutes a "social issue"
  • Lisbutt commented  ·   ·  Report

    love that being alive and talking about it, is controversial now
  • BigTopTanuki commented  ·   ·  Report

    Kind of weird to have a celebration of LGBT this year and then do this.
  • halfalaptop commented  ·   ·  Report

    As Two spirit person my right to exist is not up for debate. My percievable Transness and Nativeness are not things I can take off.
  • kamakiri_the_idiot commented  ·   ·  Report

    Why does my existence as a Pansexual force me to label myself? I am a person, not a "social issue".
  • gremlin3210 commented  ·   ·  Report

    If this stays, we should not. Twitch is an example setter because of it's size, if it does this, others will follow suite.
  • TheMightySelfos commented  ·   ·  Report

    Yet another reason to never support Twitch if this goes through. Do better.
  • Cinara_The_Eternal commented  ·   ·  Report

    As a trans person this is a pretty bad to see my existance being put in the same bracket as war and foren issues isn't a great feeling....
  • pogothepanda commented  ·   ·  Report

    Germany in 1940 required everyone they didn’t like to wear a mark so that they could be discriminated against. WE WILL NOT GO BACK.
  • sunny_side_upps commented  ·   ·  Report

    Lgbtqia+ Rights shouldn’t be censored, the more it’s censored the more steps back we take, people should be able to love and be whoever they want so twitch this is a bad decision please fix it

  • CougarTowns commented  ·   ·  Report

    Being part of the LGBTQ+ community is not considered a sensitive social issue. It is only regarded that by terrorists such as ISIS, Hamas or other islamic groups and other hateful groups. Twitch remove this ridiculous claim from your website or face the full long arm of the international law of human rights including law suits which will leave you bankrupt.
  • OtakuHalo commented  ·   ·  Report

    My existence is not political, nor is it a matter of debate, nor is it a sensitive topic. Anyone who disagrees with me on this is the physical embodiment of hate and discrimination. End of. Stop your BS, twitch.
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