Remove the language or explicitly clarify that incidental mentions of life as my true self, pride flags/designs, etc. are permitted without a label. (vis a vis a specific political stream about, e.g., the election)

My right to exist should not be censored.

The existence of LGBT+ folk is not and should not be thought of as a political or sensitive issue. These are people who just ARE LGBT+.

I'm going to take a different stance in the same sentiment, that EVERYTHING WE DO is inherently political. We exist in a society, everything we talk about think and feel has an element that makes it part of social discourse and social discourse exists because we have an established government that explicitly allows these conversations to exist. The kind of fast and loose language of Article VII paints targets on everyone, and would most assuredly disproportionately effect marginalized communities. If your aim is to harm the Twitch community at large, keeping this as is would most certainly do that.

absolutely disgusting that MY EXISTENCE is too sensitive for your platform. do you realize how much of the LGBTQ+ community makes up both your streamers AND your viewers?

I have been ill and it has drained me of the energy I once had for streaming but it's things like this that make me not even want to try. Because I streamed to express myself and the things I loved. I found my identity through streaming on your platform and I watch others largely because I appreciate seeing how they express theirs. If you make that "political", you force me and those people to self-censor for fear of limiting their reach or ad revenue and, in doing so, you lose 99% of the appeal your site holds for me and people like me.

Hey Twitch. My existence as a trans person is not political and the very idea that anyone's existence is inherently political and up for debate is sickening

Wow, Twitch, thanks for the discrimination. This is terrible.

I understand that the main concern this clause is trying to address is keeping the platform as open and broadly appealing as possible. This clause is going to have the opposite effect.

The only way that this clause will be used is by bad actors. Twitch can choose who it would like to have on the platform of course, but the I would hope that you can see from the most recent examples of Tumblr and Twitter that this will be a decision that damages Twitch's public image. Look at the number of people comparing Twitch to Kick, a platform known for the hate it spreads.

A damaged public image is difficult and costly to repair, and those costs come on top of lost revenue from lower total viewership counts.

On a personal note: my model's glasses are rainbow coloured and I get hateful people in my chat who only think I might be LGBTQ+. It does not matter if I am or not. This rule sanctions and emboldens those bad actors, whether you mean for that to be the case or not.

This clause has already damaged Twitch's image enough. It should be removed before it gets any more bad publicity.

agreed amy. if a straight streamer talks about a crush or something on stream it's fine, but if a gay streamer were to do the same it could be violating a rule because they didnt label their stream as "sensitive"? this is a very slippery slope that not only sends these minority content creators a message of "otheredness" but could result in all LGBT streamers being unjustly suppressed on the platform. twitch, please reconsider the content you include in this clause.

Remove the final bullet point from article VII. Its wrong to mark people as inherently political for being themselves or discussing issues that affect them. This rule is just another way to opress and harass people who are not considered "normal" by society. Its a bigoted rule and should be removed.

My right to exist is not a political talking point.

To put it concisely, removing the sensitive social issues point from article 7 is vital, as leaving this language untouched would open a massive loophole to be exploited by those who would want to harass a streamer for an aspect of their existence, by way of mass reports, specifically citing this language. In particular, this is liable to effect those streamers who are LGBTQ+, and/or disabled, as these aspects of their lives have been made, unjustly, into a "social issue" by malicious actors.

My existence should not be considered political.

It would be one thing if this was restricted to actual appearances by political or government officials. But discussion of views about gender and sexuality being treated as 'political' - when the 'discussion' is just whether or not LGBTQ+ people get to exist at all - is gross.
I can make jokes about politicians without having to label my channel as 'political'; if a trans streamer wants to admit to being scared because legislation where they live may threaten their life, they have to use a label.
Change. This.

The fact that you want to implement a policy stating existence of Queer and Trans people on your platform is 'political' is disgusting.

This system would just open these folks to blatant harassment of the flagging system and make creators under these categories be stomped down and damage their ability to create and earn revenue on a platform that's supposed to be FOR ALL CREATORS

Do better, Twitch! So much for #StreamWithPride, huh?

This is a way to create a two tier system for Twitch, allowing discrimination on the platform against creators who are affected by any of the categories you listed. This should be removed as it is unreasonable to believe any creators who are affected by those issues will not casually discuss them, thus potentially opening them up to be reported for essentially merely existing on the platform.

Respectfully, our existence is not political and it's shameful that you'd not only say that it is, but bake it into official guidelines. Please remove this ridiculous bullet point and stop giving a platform to bigotry.

This would basically make any trans person streaming on twitter count as 'political', and thus could lead to them getting less ad revenue. Effectively a two tier system.

Pretty sure that's dubious in legality, Twitch.

As a trans person, I vehemently object to the idea that my right to exist and be myself being seen as a sensitive political issue that needs to be censored.

No one should ever be branded "political" for simply existing as a minority. Full stop.