Who people end up loving isnt a political issue, even as the religious and conservative factions try to make it so. Like do y'all really want to be in line with idiots trying to sue google for $2.5 decillion usd?

Sorry, this is a very bad move, Twitch. You must literally *not* politicize/both sides talking about human rights.

The final 2 bullet points both need to go - naturally discussions peoples views on gender, race, sexuality and religion will come up in normal conversations and questions with chat. Additionally, calling race, LQBTQIA+ and immigration "sensitive social issues" only seeks to silence discourse, something that a platform like Twitch is used for, especially for those who are seeking information from those creatives who may know more than they do. Both of these bullet points are slippery slopes into silencing voices.

The first 4 bullet points - fine. There are safety reasons and legal reasons to restrict those. But the final two make no sense and will lead to discriminatory reporting.

This is something I'd expect from kick but Twitch? Y'all are better than this

LGBTQ+ people did not choose for our existence to be a "politics and sensitive social issue." This is absurd. Bigots choose to start spreading hate, and now us wanting to exist is controversial? Talk about an absurd level of both-sides-ism.

Twitch, you can't remain "neutral" in this. Either commit to supporting LGBTQ+ rights or just have your creators go elsewhere. Trying to play "both sides" angle because you're too afraid to commit to supporting a marginalized group is pure cowardice.

its ridiculous to frame discussion of lgbtq issues and identities as political, when they were only supposedly made political by the people who brought them up to destroy them. the way twitch is trying to kneel here is gross. let us say gay.

This is a massive yikes. At best, it lets conservative brands peddle their worthless junk to like-minded audiences, but it will likely see most advertisers fleeing from common sense advocacy.

This bullet point is a poison pill of a policy and is only going to end in abuse and the degeneration of the platform. Remove it.

The final two bullet points imply that the right to exist, to live, and the right to bodily autonomy is up for debate, and that there is no clear right or wrong - which is inherently incorrect. Women's bodily autonomy is not a "sensitive social issue" until the discussion is brought up in a room of predominantly men who want to continue to misogynise and mistreat women and believe they have a right to what a woman can and can't do; LGBTQ2SIA+ rights are not "sensitive social issues" until the discussion is brought to a table of predominantly cisgendered, heterosexual, Christian individuals who believe that our right to exist is a sin, and that we should be labelled as criminals and imprisoned because we don't adhere to what they believe is "correct"; trans rights are not "sensitive social issues" until you bring the discussion to a table of cisgendered individuals who want to police and control whether or not gender has a clearly defined box, and want to police people's bodies and tell them that how they are, who they are, and how they exist is "wrong"; immigration, Black Lives Matter, and BIPOC individuals are not "sensitive social issues" until you bring the discussion to a table of predominantly white individuals who want to bar access to the country in question and limit people's rights to freedom, equity, fair access, fair treatment, asylum, and safety.

By having the last two points included, you are opening the doorways to slippery slopes that will cause many Twitch streamers to face even more harassment, dispute, and discrimination - which many of us STILL have to be wary of. I refuse, as an openly queer, nonbinary streamer to classify my own streams when LGBTQ2SIA+ discussions already happen naturally as a result of simply existing. At worst, you are allowing trolls and people that mean many of us harm to abuse the final two bullet points to further have reason to hate raid and hate report, harass, stalk, DDOS, or worse; at best, you are alienating BIPOC, queer, and trans individuals, and alienating women, and painting a clear picture to us creators. Many of us end up talking about these "sensitive social issues" by default because it's our lived experiences, and we are affected by them daily. I firmly agree in removing this final two bullet points. How can you, in good conscience, have the unity guilds that you do, and take THIS stance that you are? You're playing to two parties, you're being two-faced, and we the creators see it for what it is. You can't have your cake and eat it, too. You can't take a neutral stance and walk both paths - choose one, and know that the path you take WILL be noticed, and has ALREADY been noticed.

Advocating for the safety and basic human rights of minority groups is only a "sensitive social issue" to bigots.

How is this not discrimination? This is like saying "Ooooh yeah you LGBTQIA+ and BIPOC people need to be segregated, Oops! I said the quite part out loud"

Imagine avoiding games so the stream don't focus on "sensitive social issues" LOL! Everyone would be playing Pong!

This is extremely harmful and reductive as people’s identities (racial, sexual, and gender) are inherently political. It’s effectively making a person’s existence against TOS.

That's just so grossly vague and we all KNOW how its going to end. Its going to get immediately abused against minority groups. The existence of LGBTQIA+ and BIPOC people is NOT "sensitive" and the world doesn't revolve around the USA and its weird white Christofascist garbage. There's more than one country.

This is a dangerous rule that will only serve to harm my community and it needs to be removed.

So much for 'stream with pride!' I guess? Only stream with pride if you're okay with being marked as a Sensitive Topic and lose revenue and reach.

Hey, twitch. You know being an ally doesn't mean going 'woo lgbtqia+ people!' in june, pretend that you're going to celebrate us all year long just to remove our shelf and then put out this absolutely absurd "Classification".

This is homophobic and transphobic. No amount of rainbow profile pictures during june excuses this.

This is a completely asinine rule

If the goal of the final bullet was to say to multiple groups of streamers, viewers, subscribers and advertisers "you're not welcome here anymore", then consider that mission accomplished. If you have actual legal requirements around labelling streams involving elected officials or candidates for public office regardless of what issues they are discussing, then just do that part and remove all the rest

Someone's existence is not a "sensitive social issue." That person's rights are not a "sensitive social issue."

Remove this rule. Now.