This absolutely goes against free speech. We shouldn't have to label our streams as anything unless it's explicitly mature content such as cursing, violence, and when a GAME contains sexual themes.

Open interpretation always leads to weaponization against marginalized and vulnerable peoples. Further definition isn't the fix to this, especially considering how messy that gets with Twitch's TOS in general. Strike the "sensitive social issues" point Twitch, otherwise you will be hearing from the ACLU a lot.

My existence as a disabled queer person isn't and shouldn't be a political issue. Get real, Twitch.

My existence is not political. Human rights are not up for debate.

My existence, as a disabled trans woman, should never be reduced to being "political" to the point where if I discuss and share the challenges I face, I risk being labelled as a political streamer.

My existence, is not political, and insinuating as such in the policy is not only disrespectful, but dangerous & ill-advised. This cannot remain policy while blanket labelling anything LGBT, anything disability, anything immigration, or anything about women's health is labelled in even remotely the same category as politics, or even worse, hate speech. This policy is destructive and so very anti to the very community on twitch.

This is an incredibly twisted, deranged and discriminatory policy. LGBTQ+ people's existence might be politicized against their will but it is NOT a political matter. This is policy is a disgusting attempt at putting a label certain people simply because of who they are.

Embracing who you are should be celebrated, not chastised. Labelling streamers for being LGBT+ only opens up for even more hate and abuse that they already receive in the first place.

Only a bigot or a coward would come up with such a ludicrous policy.

Marginalized people talking about their lived experiences does not warrant a “mature content” label. This only serves to suppress their voices and make bigots more comfortable. It’s incredibly disheartening to see Twitch concede to these bigots. Do better.

My right to exist is not a "sensitive social issue" except to those who want to take it away. Don't legitimize discrimination.

Twitch, do you realise just how large a percentage of streamers are queer, immigrants, or women?

Our existence is not political. Me talking about my childhood isn't political. Me talking about my partners isn't political. Me talking about what people have said to me because I'm <insert immutable aspect here> isn't political. Me talking about how my very existence is illegal in a good chunk of the world isn't political.

It's simply my reality.

To whom it may concern,

"Twitch is a place for people to express themselves and discuss the world around them." (Community Guideline VII: Politics and Sensitive Social Issues) That being said, we are going to put a rule in our guidelines that nullifies the prior sentence.

Concerning the first bullet point, you have the politics category. Also if Twitch has current or former political officials on a streamers stream, isn't that just boosted PR for Twitch? There have been many exceptions made in the past (some which are still being held) for former and current canidates such as Bernie Sanders, Donald Trump, Kamala Harris, and A.O.C. In fact, Donald Trump is streaming his rally that is in Warren, Michigan as I am writing this comment. (November 1 5:27 est). Concerning the second bullet point the politics category is applicable. Concerning the third bullet point, you have the politics category. I would like to ask you also why is there civil unrest in the fist place? What causes civil unrest? Also see the bullet point above.

Concerning the fourth bullet point, you have the politics category. Also does COVID, or bird flu, or vaccines which is a medical issue and should be treated as such, are those topics to be counted as a sensitive or political issue. I do not think so. It was made a political issue because of a particular political party. Concerning the fifth bullet point, LGBTQ+ civil rights are not up for debate. If Twitch were around in the 1960s would they be litigating on the civil rights movement of that era (because remember you did mention race in the bullet point.)? Is that sensitive for you? What about Jim crow? You know during the AID's epidemic there were literal ads in the certain newspapers telling people to mask up because of the "Gay Disease". Have you heard about Matthew Shepard who was strung up on a fence post and tortured for being gay? What about talking about Stonewall? Also I guess Twitch might not be talking about Pride during Pride month because it is a sensitive political issue now? I would like to ask you. For whom is this a sensitive political issue and why?

Concerning the sixth bullet point, In addition to this comment, see the above bullet point. How is immigration sensitive? God, whether you believe in him or not, made humans, not Americans. Concerning reproductive rights, when you have people that are alive and walking around that are being or have been sexually violated, abused, or are dead, I think you should be able to talk about that topic, but I guess that is just me. According to statistics published by the Journal of the American Medical Association on January 24, 2024, 64,565 people have been violated since Roe v. Wade was struck down. Also concerning LGBTQ+ rights, there is a current day pastor in Texas that said that said that "they [homosexuals] should be lined up against a wall and shot in the back of the head" and that this is the "solution for the homosexual in 2022". That last statement coming from the pastors (seems like a wonderful Godly man) mouth reminds me of a certain political figure that was very notable in Germany that Americans used to love (look up Madison Square Garden Rally 1939) and then hated.)

Political issues and ideologies should always be historically informed and fact-based and be chock full of nuance as life is filled with nuance. That being said, I would like to ask you how will this be kept in check because people have opinions and you cannot stop them from having opinions. When you talk about fact-based. Yes it may be entirely fact-based but you only need one person to say "nah" and a button to click to report. Concerning the exception for the time limit, how long is intermittent?

In closing, the other community guidelines I can get behind, but this one seems entirely one-sided.

If someone does choose to read this, I sincerely thank you for your time and I hope that I did not waste it.

Existence as someone subject to all sorts of social issue laws is not political, and this policy is ripe for abuse that only serves to make Twitch worse as a platform for everyone.

Lgbtq+ people are also just people and don't require a label

My existence is not a sensitive social issue and neither is immigration nor reproductive rights.

This policy will be largely abused by hate raiders, regardless of any intent of the policy itself. Please consider that this will be used as a weapon against streamers who already have to deal with waves of hatred and even marks on their accounts from bad actors.

So as a bi brown person, anytime I want to talk about my own life, I should put myself on a database for marginalized people?

This is absolutely unhinged. People’s existence is not a sensitive political issue.

Hey Twitch, you like hurting people, don't you?

If me being intersex, which is something that is completely out of my control, is a sensitive subject, and you’re making me mark myself as such, worries me for targeted discrimination.
This is an awful policy that can hurt and escalate to physical harm for many people

This kind of capitulation to far right attitudes is complete nonsense, remove the final bullet point from article 7.