This is discrimination plain and simple. We have a right to exist. In some countries this may violate equalities acts.

Having a tag like this is both directly and deliberately prejudice toward members of the lgbtq+ and its inclusion will likely lead to one if not multiple lawsuits, and jeapordizes the livelihood of many lgbtq+ content creators, myself included

I never talk about politics on stream because I hate them. But apparently being part of the LGBT+ counts as being political according to twitch, utterly ridiculous. This is discrimination and it is harmful.

For the record, Twitch potentially risks significant legal penalties in many jurisdictions with this language if it persists with this initiative. If Twitch is willing to geofence its service to those jurisdictions, there is also a very significant loss of revenue at stake.

This is bad corporate governance writ large. Personal cowardice within the C-Suite tier at the expense of shareholder returns. The SEC would have a field day with this. This has the potential to be a huge self-own for Twitch and its shareholders.

Whilst I am not a lawyer, I know the law well enough to know the truth of these things. I am also a raging tranarchist, which makes me saying the things above ESPECIALLY hilarious. :D

Can I get a "Yass queen" up in here? ;)

I can see what the person who was first considering making this change was thinking, but how this made it past even the first level of vetting is beyond me. People aren't politics. People *shape* politics. You cannot sweep them under the rug or hide them like a dirty secret. These are real, living, breathing humans who just want to exist. There's nothing wrong with them.

+1 to the class act suit

Discussing my trans friends and family is not, and should never be considered "sensitive" or "controversial".

my existence and right to bodily autonomy are not "sensitive social issues," nor are my or others' lived experiences

I've just started regular streaming again, and to represent an important part of myself, I sport a trans flag hanging off of the back of my vtuber model. Will this alone get my stream labelled as "sensitive social issues"? Given how major social platforms have had a bad track record in regards to regulating LGBTQ+ content, I have little-to-no trust in Twitch to adequately moderate this clause.

In addition, will me simply speaking about my day-to-day experiences as a genderfluid transfem person also require me to label my stream, so that I can be filtered out, opted out of, and relegated to an obscure corner of the platform, not allowed the same opportunities as my fellow vtubers to gain success on Twitch? Will I be forced to accept a "separate but equal" experience on Twitch, where most people can choose to dismiss my existence as "political"? Must I be segregated out of mainstream discoverable content, by those who consider my gender to be icky, or not family-friendly?

Twitch, are you going to double-down on this, or are you going to see sense?

Ayo, my existence as an LGBTQ+ person and my husband's existence as the same + an individual from another country where one of us needs to immigrate to the other in order to spend our lives together should not be lumped under political issues that require a flag on my streams. What's next, I need to mark my Bi-Annual Trevor Project Charity Events because they help prevent suicide in LGBTQ+ folks?

I have to wonder if talking about "women's issues" or "racial issues" is also considered political.

Are they trying to say "games aren't political?!"

I'm a trans person. My existence isn't a sensitive subject. I am not up for debate. I am not an aberration. I am not a problem.

Personhood is not a sensitive topic. It is settled. We are people.

Stop hiding from reality, and grow a spine

Absolutely disgusting that Twitch even needs to be told this...

It's absolutely ridiculous we have to vote for this of course lgbtq is not a sensitive social issue, get your stuff together twice smh

My existence is not political and we will not be silenced. Shame on you twitch it's 2024 get it together.

So y'all made the Pride Guild and then do this? Shame on Twitch smh

Echoing the myriad other concerned voices here. My existence is not political.

This is cruel and callous. Shame on Twitch.

My existence is not political.

Freedom of speech is a pressing issue to this day and this issue affects groups of unreasonably oppressed people disproportionately. You are contributing to the bigotry and censorship that fuels hate and silencing of many marginalized folks.