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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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  • Onyx_Badger commented  ·   ·  Report

    LGBTQ+ rights are not a "sensitive issue". LGBTQ+ streamers should be openly able to stream and not be discriminated in this manner.
  • veegayming commented  ·   ·  Report

    lgbtq+ topics and the right to abortion being flagged under the same tag as opinions on war and world politics is absolutely insane, please fix this
  • Izzy_am_who_am commented  ·   ·  Report

    **** this and crochj inspections in texas whats next in the war against my existence

  • kiri_morning commented  ·   ·  Report

    My identity is not a political talking point, nor a crime
  • haze1nu1s commented  ·   ·  Report

    Why is my existence a "sensitive issue"
  • pixlmyst commented  ·   ·  Report

    There is nothing new I can add that hasn't already been covered in the thread below. But it should the policy should be removed. It serves no real purpose.
  • Mimi_bimi commented  ·   ·  Report

    Being queer in any capacity plays a massive role in someone's life experience and perspective. This bullet point equates a queer person talking about themselves with discussions of controversial politics and legislation. While it is true that LGBTQ+ rights are often part of those discussions, it is not reasonable to expect these people to censor or limit how much they talk about their lives. The wording of this bullet point assumes that being open about these life experiences is inherently a provocation or call to action. This is misguided and contradicts the policy's intended effect of making the platform a safe space.
  • keybladesrus commented  ·   ·  Report

    My existence should not be a "sensitive issue."
  • neen commented  ·   ·  Report

    LGBTQ+ people existing and talking about themselves is not a "sensitive issue" for anyone except queerphobes who would see us extinct. Labeling us as "sensitive" to deliberately reduce our visibility is supporting these hateful people, full stop.
  • jellibelli123 commented  ·   ·  Report

    Easy lawsuit, this is incredibly discriminative Twitch and incredibly weird behavior.

    Do you want people to leave?
    Do you want a pile of lawsuits on your hands?
    Do you want to make less money?
    This is what will happen, and I'm sure many that can file will file.
    Weird behavior Twitch, weird behavior.
  • DarkSpector22 commented  ·   ·  Report

    This is really upsetting that this still happens like grow up people it’s not exactly uncommon anymore. Of course I’ll vote against this as a autistic gay man who is completely uncensored to who I am
  • airborne_lovejoy commented  ·   ·  Report

    It also stops homophobic people from clicking on a LGBT+ labeled stream and learning about different views. This is what creates a echo chamber.
  • heycambry commented  ·   ·  Report

    Twitch trying to bring back the purple triangle wasn't something I expected but does rather need to be stopped.
  • ZapNessie commented  ·   ·  Report

    Forced labelling of LGBTQ+ content as enforceable by suspensions is just not right.

    Boiled down to the sum of the rules at play, someone who is gay or trans can't mention that or any relevant experience more than 'infrequently' without then violating TOS if they don't want to label every single one of their streams as LGBTQ+. Meanwhile, someone cigender or straight could talk of that and their experience as much as they want with no label or TOS violation. That points to a discriminatory practice.
  • HereComesRiley commented  ·   ·  Report

    Openly stating that, in my opinion, I deserve basic human rights, shouldn't be a "sensitive social issue"...
  • Tail_Nom commented  ·   ·  Report

    Twitch just casually suggesting my human rights are up for debate. No big.
  • LadyRayneCloud commented  ·   ·  Report

    This is disgusting and appalling. This is out and out discrimination. I don't just "stop" being trans. My whole existence isn't a "sensitive topic" or "politics". I would beg and plead with you to do better, but you wont and we all know it.
  • kairiemarcelineblackwood commented  ·   ·  Report

    Twitch if you are reading this please for the love and sake of everyone and everything please REMOVE THIS!

    ADameNamedAmy thank you for posting this idea. 💜
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