I'm sorry? What?

Does this mean I'm not allowed to complain on stream about one of the two major political parties running daily ads about how I'm a pervert that needs to die? Does this mean that I can't complain about the frustration of needing to spend hundreds of dollars on redundant copies of identity forms to change my name and legal sex because half the agencies I need to deal with keep the copy and they all demand originals?

In what way, exactly, twitch, is my very fundamental existence a "sensitive social issue"? How? Explain to me, twitch, exactly what about my day-to-day life is "sensitive"?

Is it the "good morning ma'am" that I get from the pharmacist when I pick up my HRT? Is it the "you'll never have a p***y because you're an a*****e" that the bigot down the block thinks he's oh-so-clever for coming up with?

and that's just the T in the LGBTQ+ people part. What about reproductive rights? What exactly about a woman being able to control her own reproduction is "sensitive"? How about immigration? What part of "Hey, uh... asylum is actually a legal thing..." is "senstitive"?

Like.

I get that this is supposed to be some "we're neutral on this be nice <3" thing

but neutrality sides with oppression. By calling these "sensitive social issues" and corraling away their discussion during a time when there's an active, ongoing, IRL political movement that is successfully stripping away human rights you're not keeping neutrality.

you're siding with the people who are trying to kill us. Kill ME.

and I hope to god that this is just an ill-advised attempt to be nice and not some actual statement of the beliefs of twitch

Remove the sensitive social issues tag.

My existence is not political. My lived experiences are not political. Framing it as such is dehumanizing and discrimination.

The new rules will absolutely be weaponized against women, POC, and LGBT+ individuals. My existence as a trans person is not a 'sensitive social issue'. I'm a human being and deserve the same respect as straight white males.

I have a pet peeve with my existence being categorized as a "sensitive social issue" - once upon a time, being a woman was treated this way, and most of us look back in horror. So why repeat the same treatment with a different group of people?

Gender, race, sexuality, and religion are not "sensitive social issues". The rights of people who have differing lifestyles to you are not "sensitive social issues".

This point in the content label guidelines is ripe for abuse with the current moderation system in place. There are people out there who truly believe that even having a trans flag in an overlay means that the stream is political, and will use this to mass report already marginalized streamers who are literally just playing video games and existing.

LGBTQ+ people being themselves and living their lives in peace shouldn't be considered "sensitive" or "controversial" or "political". This label seems much more likely to alienate LGBTQ+ streamers and viewers than to protect them. Please just do better!

The notion that LGBTQ+ people are "controversial" is a long-standing and frankly, worn one that the "sensitive social issues" bullet point seeks to prolong. Why continue to make us seem like we're the problem?

People being themselves is not a "sensitive issue", and LGBTQ+ identities need to be normalized in all aspects of society. If you can't handle the existence of people with such identities, then you are the problem, not them. Grow up.

This is just going to encourage hate raids and harassment.

this is so, so dumb, why the **** do queer people have to justify existing. a human being's existence isnt "political", its just gonna annoy the most irritating incels on the internet, and you shouldnt bend a knee to them

This is not good, twitch. Not good. Listen to your community please.

what gets me is "rather than engaging in ANY KIND OF ADVOCACY" it's like... so, what... as an LGBTQ+ person am i not supposed to talk about myself in a positive manner lest i be seen as advocating for my own rights???? it's crazy to think that talking positively about experiences as an LGBTQ+ person could be seen as advocating for it when it's like??

even if i was advocating for it, why would that be an issue?? but talking happily about being LGBTQ+ and talking positively about experiences you've had as an LGBTQ+ person *or* even spreading the knowledge that "being LGBTQ+ isn't wrong and you should feel free to explore yourself to know yourself better" shouldn't be seen as so polarizing, shouldn't need to be marked down to a content label and shouldn't need to be treated as an unwelcome subject.

we dont want our lives to be seen as a political talking point. the more you silence us and tell us to "content label" our lives the more you push us being a political talking point rather than being living breathing people with rights and feelings and opinions, the less we're seen as people and just a subject. drop this rule, let us be people, let us talk about our lives, let us BE.

As a 2SLGBTQIA+ content creator the announcements today have made my very existence political on Twitch. I can’t talk about my lived experiences, I can’t advocate for issues affecting myself and the community without fear of implications for monetization, my channel visibility, or targeted abuse.

Am I supposed to hide my identity on stream? Am I not allowed to be visibly queer? As an openly queer content creator - I am extremely concerned about the future of my content on this platform, and am fearful of being able to talk about important issues affecting the community. Please don’t politicize our existence even more than it is already!

My existence is not political. Me expressing my fears and the struggles of my everyday life are not political. I have rules that explicitly state that my channel is a space for folks like me, and some rando should not be able to come in and claim that me discussing my existence was mislabeled.

Existing isn't political. These identifiers will just be used for hate raiding and you know this. Quite possibly the worst idea Twitch has come up with so far and honestly that's saying something given some of your frankly dogshit former idea's.

This is disgustingly unfair to queer people just trying to live their lives and exist. You are repulsive cowards for even suggesting that this be a rule. Reverse course.

Everyone has already stated why this should be removed and it shouldn't have been added in the first place. So I agree with everyone on this being removed and actually hire someone who listens and understands what streamers do need and want done.

They are totally doing this so they can get ready in case Trump win the election and project 2025 goes through.