Is the very existence of a marginalized person going to be deemed far too political to be on Twitch?

Can't show a disabled person on camera. God for bit it offends the hate raiding right wingers you keep cow-towing to. God forbid any one other than white, Christian men exist anywhere anyone can see us.

Might as well put up a sign that LGBTQ, Disabled, POC or anyone to the left of hunting the homeless for sport need not apply.

I am not about to be told that my very existence is too controversial.

How is it fair to introduce guilds for marginalized people and then tell them that their cultures are a "sensitive topic"? How is it fair to punish identities when they're used to connect with an audience culturally? Almost everyone I know and follow on twitch is either a person of color, queer, or both. This won't just affect streamers, but charity events and subathons as well. Some people use subathons to help with emergencies like needing to move, often giving background details such as their queer identity and race as a reason for needing subs. I also know for a fact that every Summer, Sega invites content creators to stream Sega games to raise funds for charities such as The Trevor Project and Mermaids. Multiple creators that array in identity, whether they're cisgender allies or queer.

Remove Article VII.

If it is too political to talk about myself as an LGBTQ+ person, it is too political to talk about being straight. It goes both ways. So you can either keep it and just tell people not to talk about their orientations and identities all together, or you can get rid of it and make it a friendly place. And I can guarantee you the former will not work out well for you, Twitch

As a non-binary creator my existence is not political, nor should it be listed under sensitive content. The safe space I create for other lgbtqia+ people because of me being out and proud should never be a reason to raise a red flag. This is disgraceful.

Identities and expression for wanting basic human rights are not "political." By enforcing such a label to these points, it will only further encourage targeting LGBTQ+ people, where mass hate-reports and hate-trains are already rampant on a deliberate basis. Do not silence us. Do not fuel the harm against marginalized communities.

This is ridiculous and unacceptable. Remove this awful clause.

This policy, as it is written, will be weaponized against marginalized creators.

"In 2023, there were 428 victims of anti-gay or anti-lesbian hate crimes involving intimidation in the United States, the most common form of anti-homosexuality hate crimes in that year. There were also 410 victims of simple assault and 219 victims of aggravated assault"
- Statista Research Department,
Oct 29, 2024

Twitch, I want you to consider and understand that by classifying and subjecting a large scale of your streamers and audience to degeneracy that you're actively silencing the basic human rights of others to express themselves respectfully on your platform and that you have actively threatened their lives by holding their voice down to a category that, what you imply by stating this, that they should automatically be silenced and controlled.

It is immortal to shut down the voices of other human being's lives who are in dire need of support, especially those who are undergoing hate crimes on a regular wide-scale basis.

remove the "sensitive social issues" clause from Article VII of it's Content Classification Guidelines.

remove the final bullet point from Article VII.

Twitch, how can you in GOOD conscience have this and have an LGBTQIA guild!? How can you allow Drag showcases at Twitchcon? This literally shows that you're two-faced to the max. I AM NOT a sensitive subject being non-binary and sapiosexual. I AM a living breathing being. REMOVE this bullet point and do internal looks into your workforce because the ones who agreed to this nonsense need removal.

My existence as a black creator should not be a "sensitive issue". My existence as a queer creator should not be a "sensitive issue". We deserve to talk about all the issues we face as us even having a platform is a "political topic"

Badly implemented idea that shouldnt even be proposed at first, especially with what has been considered "political" content. This will only be used by bad fate actors and will not benefit anyone, please consider dropping this twitch. This wont benefit anyone, not even the company itself.

Sorry, there's no way to remove all offense from twitch for everybody, everywhere. Some will be offended by the name, 'Bob'. And some will be offended by LGBTQ content - but it makes no sense to ban or raise a red flag around either one of them and doing so will simply encourage people to dogpile on those who use it.

Please, remove that final item from the article.

I started streaming a year ago so I could express myself and provide a safe space for fellow Lgbtqia+ and furries alike to have a place to feel heard. You can’t expect us to roll over on this so easily, or the mass exodus that will happen is very much going to be your fault. Full stop. We are HERE. Not once in history has any of our kind just stopped existing because someone chose to be offended that we are here. It’s 2024, come on.

Hi, Twitch, what the **** happened to trying to push for LGBTQ+ folk like earlier in the year? Or is this because Coca-Cola or whatever raised a hissy fit because puritanical ****?

Y'all JUST added a Pride Guild, make it make sense.

This last bullet point is harmful to so many different minorities and labeling them as labeling as “social issue”. People are just themselves. Putting a label on politics is okay but who someone identifying themselves shouldn’t be labeled as a social issue.

This is a tool that will be used to silence minorities and harm them. I can't believe I woke up to this today, worrying about my whanau like this. People talking and existing as themselves is not political, and it should not require you to paint a target on your back that deems you a "brand safety risk". On top of that, I worry this will be another tool for people to use in hate raids.

Me, my loved ones, and our communities are not a "sensitive social issue." Do the right thing and fix this. I expect better from you Twitch and I'm tired of being disappointed by your actions

Disgusting decision, roll it back immediately.

I would like to second everyone - including the original poster - who has rightly said that BOTH final bullet points must be removed.

Oh hey. A reason to delete my account and all the revenue that provides YOU just because you think my status as a queer disabled Mexican-American is "too political".

You're going to have to walk this back. Your shareholders and advertisers won't like what happens if you don't.

My identity is not a damned ideology. My right to exist and be just as happy as a non-queer person is not political. The only people who have made it political are radical reactionaries who cannot stand the fact that queer people exist. Ask Gary Bettman, the head of the NHL, what happens when you try to kowtow to these reactionaries.