this is horrifying. People existing is not a “sensitive social issue”, they are just trying to live.

Queer identities are not for debate.

What sort of stuff where the people writing that bullet point on, they needed to be on some heavy drugs if they really thought that it was a good idea to add that, like what the ****, are they actually stupid???

This is incredibly bigoted and backwards. Unless you're also going to make straight streamers tag their streams as "sensitive social issues," all you are saying is "we don't actually want you here."

And look, if that's what you're actually saying, well, that's a choice that you can make.

Seriously wtf. No.

The policing/censoring of internet spaces isn't a good look and will simply open a road to more restrictions down the line (towards people already massively pushed out of other platforms). This tool will be abused and misused.

LGBTQ+ identities are only political in the minds of hatemongers and bigots. Remove the final bullet point from Article VII.

I can't imagine the benefits of this bullet point. Either never talk about queer people or current events, or talk about it, get flagged and put behind a label, and scare off your viewers?

This is garbage. It's up to every streamer whether they want to discuss that kind of stuff on their channel or not, any of it. It's not hard to moderate if you don't wish for it to be discussed, nor is it hard to discern whether someone's being
disrespectful about said issues or not. Disagreements are fine, agreements are fine, discussion is fine. This doesn't need an entire block in the guidelines; that's frankly such a stupid idea. These issues are not "sensitive" to begin with and they should not be censored for no reason. Weird. Get rid of this.

This needs to be stoped immediately. So stop.

Twitch should remove this absurdly bigoted "sensitive social issues" clause from Article VII of its Content Classification Guidelines. LGBTQ+ people, immigrants, and reproductive rights are NOT "sensitive social issues", they are common sense issues, where one side simply wants their liberties intact. The controversy is entirely on the other side of the argument the involves taking those liberties away.

Especially as it pertains to LGBTQ+ individuals, the notion that the discussion of their very existence is political is absolute nonsense. These people should be allowed to discuss the issues affecting them without being set behind some kind of "explicit content" label. This is a slippery slope that begins with people automatically labeling non-heteronormative lives and content as "deviant" or "degenerate", especially by grossly bad actors who want to be edgy.

Remove the final bullet point from Article VII.

Unacceptable stance. Do better, Twitch!

To support people who are vulnerable comes with the reality that there will be several groups and individuals that will try to fight back to keep them hidden. To publicly acknowledge and make improvements for your (Twitch’s) minority creators, then contemplate a choice where they would be considered “sensitive content” signals to everyone the support was hollow and weak to begin with. To build a platform where minorities can also take the stage is one where you will lose other people in the process, those being people who are made uncomfortable by sharing space with minorities and the harsh realities of what they are subjected to. Either step up and push your support for us, or back off and admit you were only interested in propping us up to look good to investors and customers when it wasn’t a risky business decision.

this is really bad for any trans creator I can't imagine why you'd do this

Absolutely disgusting behaviour Twitch. Do better.

equating the existence of people just existing with wars and genocides happening is absolutely unacceptable

The fact that y'all seem to care more about the feelings of those who get heated at the mere suggestion of a female lead rather than your own creators is rather sad twitch. Do better.

This is an incredibly discriminatory policy. I can't believe any business would even try and pull this kind of thing off considering that pretty much everyone on earth has some aspect of their identity that is seen as "political".

I can understand wanting to label political streams, but the issue is that, anything that involves more than one person is political. What makes a topic then 'sensitive' is purely subjective. Take for example, invading Poland in the game Hearts of Iron. This is a reflection of a real world event that was itself controversial at the time, should every HoI stream be flagged? If the answer is 'no', due to the subject being uncontroversial in a contemporary lens, that creates an inherently politically reactionary environment, as someone who espouses the views of the NDSP can simply hide behind the 'being ironic' stance. But a platform that allows Nazis to speak freely, and silences those who speak out against them, will obviously lean toward becoming a pro-Nazi community over time.

****, this is really scary, equating the existence of many people (among them mine) with wars and genocides happening is absolutely unacceptable and us existing is NOT controversial, political or even sensitive.