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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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  • pinkandpunk commented  ·   ·  Report

    My existence is not a political statement. Thanks!
  • magpiethemicroraptor commented  ·   ·  Report

    My existence is not a political issue. My having rights is not a debate. It is simple as that.
  • GallorKaal commented  ·   ·  Report

    Absolutely disgusting, will stop using Twitch if they actually leave this bullet point. I'd hate to support a homophobic platform.
  • PoeticVogon commented  ·   ·  Report

    This is blatant discrimination and pandering to bigots
  • casrastr0phe commented  ·   ·  Report

    Diversity is a human strength, People's rights aren't political, my existence shouldn't be a hush-hush topic.

  • Mx_T4t0 commented  ·   ·  Report

    Stop pandering to people who think a queer person's existence is a political issue. If they can't handle seeing trans people playing video games, they can take those grievances somewhere else.
  • RedbeardsRevenge commented  ·   ·  Report

    The only outcome that can result from the inclusion of this clause is discrimination and “othering” of anyone placed into this “sensitive social issues” category. It should be obvious that discrimination is not something we should be actively enabling. Even just requiring the discussion of legislation to be categorized in this way would almost certainly lead to discrimination unless the enforcement of what gets classified this way is FLAWLESS. I do not believe Twitch is capable of enforcing this fairly and in a way that will not end up “othering” LGBTQ+ ,immigrant, and reproductive rights topics.
  • HotChocoBunn commented  ·   ·  Report

    Please share love. Live and let live. Don't mark the entire LGBTQ+ community as lesser or dangerous or wrong. Please do not go through with this "sensitive social issue" change. It will harm more than it will help.

  • LadyCregga commented  ·   ·  Report

    A person's life shouldn't be considered a sensitive social issue
  • kiyu_k commented  ·   ·  Report

    why in the everlasting and undying **** is being lgbt controversial???? what kind of smooth brain dipshit take is that??
  • sackofdust commented  ·   ·  Report

    This makes no sense. What is sensitive about existing? about talking about your life? The best part about Twitch is that anyone can start creating content. And that includes people from all walks of life. people who are not straight or cisgender.
    You’re asking MARGINALIZED people to tag their streams as explicit just for existing? You KNOW for a fact that bad actors will take advantage of this to further harass oppressed people.
    The sensitive and explicit tag is for horror and violence and death etc. It’s fine as is.

  • MitchTheRaccoon commented  ·   ·  Report

    Queer people existing, and talking about themselves, is not a "sensitive social issue". Forcing an "explicit content" label on them will absolutely be abused to harass people on your site.
  • antaios256 commented  ·   ·  Report

    Stop classifying and entire group of the population as sensitive topics. This is the equivalent of labeling all disabled as sensitive topics.

  • CopriComa commented  ·   ·  Report

    I said this on another one of these, my existence is NOT political. I'm just a guy trying to live and exist but i have to face this disgusting stuff every day I leave the house. I want to stream and have fun when i think of Twitch, but here we go with this. Don't you DARE slap rainbows up on June then turn around and pull this junk months later. Why not focus on the real issues instead of vomiting up the same garbage talking points that take basic human rights and boil them down to "guys no politics". We know exactly who you're pandering to with this change and we'll always remember it.

    I haven't been able to safely label my stream with the LGBTQIA tag for fear of being hate raided, what about that?? Will this help that? No, it won't. It'll embolden the very people who eat these kinds of rule changes up and cause actual harm. Human rights are not some political talking point, they're HUMANS RIGHTS. Again, please don't pander to the queen community in June, you're trying to actively take a safe-ish space away in the name of what you're saying is "politics". Do better.
  • KataclysmRizing commented  ·   ·  Report

    Trying to define anything outside of Games and Media is a mistake. If you can't figure out how to define what is Artistic Nudity the last time you had a gray area in your rules. How can we trust your judgment on this? Politics, Race Issues, and Sexuality do not need to be monitored. Fix the issues you already have first before you try to reinvent the wheel.
  • Luigis_Apartment commented  ·   ·  Report

    Just because Amazon is too lazy or too cheap to protect the people who stream on their platform doesn’t mean this is a sensitive social issue. It means Amazon is a cowardly company that wants to pretend that human beings will stop seeking human rights while continuing to make money for their shareholders.
  • mishiymash commented  ·   ·  Report

    Being LGBT+ or a minority isn't political!

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