The existence of LGBTQ+ people is not a sensitive social issue, it is a fact of life; and it is abhorrent to suggest otherwise. LGBTQ+ rights are human rights, and creating an easy path to silence those voices is antithetical to a healthy platform.

Pushing the notion that being LGBTQIA+ is a "political" issue is the kind of hostile attitude I have come to expect from Twitch. Every year something new comes up targeting marginalised peoples and of course Twitch wants to dig the knife in even deeper.
Our lives are not political, but we will make it political if we have to continue to fight to be seen as human beings with the same rights as everyone else.

My existence is not political. If people have an issue with me, that's a them issue.

While I expect the intent of this is to capture streams where the aim is specifically to discuss public policy or an election or something in that vein, with such broad wording as “ discussing ideological or socio-political views on topics like gender, race, sexuality or religion” it really sounds like it could easily be abused to be applied to a stream where someone’s playing Luigi’s Mansion while having a gender, race, sexuality, or religion, which is a very greasy slippery slope. As a queer immigrant, facts about those aspects of my life are likely to pop up in a spontaneous live conversation because… they’re a part of my life. The definitions here are so broad and woolly that it does look like an implication that certain types of people are inherently “more political” than others, and I hope you can see why that’s a problem and fix this.

At this point I think people need to just stop giving money to twitch entirely[donating directly to streamers through things like ko-fi or what have you is always and option] because they've proven time and time again they don't actually care about marginalized streamers and would rather cater to bigoted corporations, right wing losers, and nazis, instead of support disabled steamers, LGBTQ+ streamers, and streamers of color.

Another huge L on twitch's part.

LGBT people are a category, not a political issue. By requiring content classification for us you would be breaching your own ToS and your social contract with us. You may never take action against an LGBT creator simply for talking about their own lives or their own rights.

Came here to say "why don't you just give me a little pink triangle", but I see that's been covered.
I doubt this will be revised/reverted but I dearly hope it is because people's existence isn't a "sensitive issue", and besides that forcing a label on people is dangerous.

"We're here, we're queer, get used to it" was an LGBTQ+ rights slogan THIRTY YEARS AGO.

Our public existence is NOT up for negotiation. Stop trying to shove us back into closets and ghettos, Twitch.

My bisexual existence is not "sensitive content" for these unswallowed bastards to scrub out and censor.

So, should the gay streamers put on little purple triangles as their tags, maybe we can get the controversial Jewish streamers to put on little gold stars.

Honestly the fact that this was even pushed out as policy makes me wonder about the leadership at Twitch and their utter ignorance of the implications of the things they do.

I'm Filipino and Queer. My identity is not a "sensitive issue" nor is it political. People in power who don't deserve it decided to do that to us. We're just existing, trying to survive, and this is not okay. This is yet another thing that can be used to talk over us and dismiss us.

My existence and the bigotry targeted at myself and others like me over it isn't a "sensitive issue". Being unable to talk about it has to go.

I go on here to witness vengful or spiteful intent, now I am very hesitant to even vote for this. It is why Twitch even has a thought to label it as a ‘sensitive social issue’(which I am not a big fan of either) and some of these responses are just making it worse.

It’s not hard to determine bad or malicious individuals, but very easy to vilify people who do not mean harm. Fully support those who you agree with, avoid and block those you do not. This isn’t simple, but the point is, many comments here heavily concern me, and once again, I am hesitant, and I dare say ‘embarrased’, to vote along with this even if I agree with the intentions.

It also does not help that Twitch is very inconsistent with enforcing guidelines.

My existence and my partners' existence aren't "sensitive social issues"

Existing can never be a sensitive social issue. Full stop.

Absolutely horrible idea, easily abusable by those seeking to cause harassment and harm to LGBTQ+ creators and another tool to marginalize us and make our existence and human rights a "political issue".
Twitch is once again cowering to those bigoted forces of society with this move.
Especially since the phrasing is so vague that it can be used to dismiss us and our concerns bc "iT's OnLy If YoU hOlD a DeBaTe StReAm", but we know how this **** goes in practice lmao, and how our very existence is inherently sexualized by cishet people against our wills.

Definitely going to seek alternative ways to support the streamers I enjoy and unsub my turbo and just watch vods (on YouTube) if this goes through. Not even a question.
Been pettier over lesser things than my and my friends' and loved ones' rights to exist.

My existence is not a "sensitive social issue." Get it together, Twitch - making such a big blunder in 2024 is shameful.

I think the entire new label is questionable at best, but making it as broad as "discussing ideological or socio-political views on topics like gender, race, sexuality or religion" means any mention of those topics is going to be suppressed. After all, who exactly gets to decide what is 'ideological' and what is not? Is 'trans people should be treated with basic dignity' an ideological statement that needs to be labeled? The current wording makes a carve-out for things like "sharing the history of how votes in the US presidential election are counted to determine the next President" - would it be okay to discuss (with reference to evidence) the systemic racism that was, quite factually, built into that system as part of a discussion around the system itself, or is that not 'neutral' enough for you? The definitions of words like 'neutral' and 'ideological' are so easy to twist that they have very little meaning when applied so broadly, and in this state they are easily conscripted as tools for hate groups and trolls (who will have yet another way of mass-reporting streams they don't like).

This incredibly misguided policy opens the door to bad actors and pushes out marginalized creators. At the very least, take out both of the last two bullet points. More broadly speaking, though, you should really just get rid of the whole label altogether.

I’m just me, my existence alone isn’t political.

The people have spoken, we're not up for debate or being told how we are being "sensitive" or "political" in nature. Twitch and it's staff here is the one making it a political statement. You've been blasted over this stuff before time and time again and here you still continue to keep up the ******** with unnecessary clauses and TOS violations just for speaking on matters that we care about and labeling it what it's not.

Twitch will always be held accountable and responsible for everything that happens on the platform, and will be heavily scrutinized by the community every time you step out of line.

I'm just tired of my existence being considered inherently political. ****'s exhausting, man.