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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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  • JoanieSappho commented  ·   ·  Report

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

    If you want people to tag when they talk about ANY relationships, that's one thing, but limiting it to non-heteronormative relationships is discriminatory.

    I encourage all allies to use this tag on their streams at all times to dilute it to the point of meaninglessness.
  • JoanieSappho commented  ·   ·  Report

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

    This is worded vaguely enough that I now have to be concerned that just mentioning my existence as a queer person is enough to trigger this? This is abhorrent and vile and our existence is not political.

    Our existence

    Is not

    Political.

  • AlmostGen commented  ·   ·  Report

    its disgusting that twitch is trying to claim that people simply existing and talking about their life and their struggles is the same as talking about ******* war
  • TylaDoesThings commented  ·   ·  Report

    Imagine having your literal existence be labeled as "explicit." LGBTQIA+ rights are human rights, how the f@#& is that "explicit?" We don't make our existence political, we would've loved to just live our lives, to be happy and free to be ourselves, but then s@#& like this comes up, forcing us to step up and defend ourselves. We're not a f@#&ing political topic, and we're definitely not "explicit." Let us live in peace, we're f@#&ing human beings, living, real, human beings who are so sick of bulls@#& like this being put on us.
  • ParticularlySadRock commented  ·   ·  Report

    People existing without hurting anyone is a "sensitive issue" now? Insane decision from Twitch
  • FlamingFlamingo756 commented  ·   ·  Report

    This is ludicrous, and a harmful way to treat the lgbtqia+ community. I am so sick of people and companies calling me a "sensitive social issue" or a "political ideology". I am just a person who wants to exist in peace. Twitch is just validating the bigots in their views that we shouldn't be visible in the world by suppressing Lgbtqia+ streamers and related streams. Are you going to die on this hill, twitch?
  • Caillenne commented  ·   ·  Report

    The very existence of a human being should not be controversial, and we absolutely should not be compared to "civil unrest", "military conflicts", "national security", etc. This is actually insane.
  • aeirdnom commented  ·   ·  Report

    Saying a class of people is a "sensitive social issue" is such a scummy thing. You're basically saying our existence isn't normal and should be kept under wraps.

  • EmoShep commented  ·   ·  Report

    We are not a "social issue." We are human beings who want to live free and in peace. The entire "controversy" about this is entirely from those who wish to take our freedom from us. To compare the discussion of our right to exist to actual ongoing wars, some of which are more akin to genocide, is beyond insulting. And that's putting it lightly.

    We won't be put away behind some "explicit content" label. We're here, we're queer, and we're not going away.

    Solidarity with our siblings fighting for reproductive rights, immigrants' rights, and all of other basic freedoms not mentioned here. We WILL win!
  • 4vieron commented  ·   ·  Report

    That part of Article VII is just saying, who you are is a political issue that should be labeled as controversial
  • mimiagony commented  ·   ·  Report

    yes we are real and exist every single day, like it or not twitch
  • cryptid1369 commented  ·   ·  Report

    I have a right to exist without my existence being a sensitive or political subject - a trans man
  • KalasDragon commented  ·   ·  Report

    I would like to have my trans wife play games with me and my community without you folks thinking her existence is "political", thank you.
  • Caeora commented  ·   ·  Report

    Holy s**t, remove this part immediately Twitch; in no way is this acceptable.

  • LilysRest commented  ·   ·  Report

    as a transgender person, I don't want my entire existence to be censored and segregated by straight white men.
  • V34DANT commented  ·   ·  Report

    Hey, I don’t use Twitch often to stream, but when I do, I like to talk about who I am as a person and that includes my sexuality and gender identity. Having to flag myself as a stream that is in the same category as people talking about wars when I’m just talking about who I am or playing Minecraft is not beneficial to my channel. Its disingenuous and this policy only hurts LGBTQ creators like myself and orhers.
  • senshikaji commented  ·   ·  Report

    Replace LGBTQ+ with any other descriptor of a person and you'd have a lawsuit......
    what next? we have to label our streams with what colour/ethnicity we are?
  • StreamedCarrots commented  ·   ·  Report

    I don't stop being trans and so do the other trans creators I follow, this is a massive disappointment towards twitch and those who make policy decisions. Our lives should not be political but they are because of policies like this.

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