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Remove "sensitive social issues" bullet point.

Twitch should remove the "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.
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ADameNamedAmy shared this idea  ·   ·  Report…  ·  Admin →
Closed  ·  AdminTwitchSupport (Admin, Twitch) responded  · 

Thank you for raising this. We’ve just posted a Tweet addressing these concerns.

You don’t need to label your stream with the new Politics & Sensitive Social Issues CCL if you are sharing your lived experience. Intermittent mentions of politics, politicians, or sensitive social issues also do not require the Politics and Sensitive Social Issues label. We apologize for not communicating this well initially.

If you are an LGBTQ+ streamer, for example, you do not need this label when talking about your lived experience as a member of the LGBTQ+ community. We’ve added clarifying language to the Content Classification Guidelines to better express this.
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  • VizeReZ commented  ·   ·  Report

    Awesome we are just going to start openly discriminating against the queer community. I will love to see the corporate pride month show though where you "celebrate" the queer voices that you have stuffed into the box in the closet.

  • frostagin commented  ·   ·  Report

    It is not a sensitive topic to acknowledge that LGBTQ+ people exist. It is a fact.

  • ComradeEeyore commented  ·   ·  Report

    The validity of our existence is not up for debate.
  • roseyhyena commented  ·   ·  Report

    I myself and every streamer I watch is trans and or gay. Censoring the streamers that help bring money to twitch is cowardly and insincere considering how many of the ones I watch are partners.
  • MarissTea commented  ·   ·  Report

    And once again big corp decides minorities need more restrictions because their fragile egos cannot fathom LGBTQIA+ have the right to freedom of speech as well.

  • MsBunnyBuns commented  ·   ·  Report

    The validity of our existence is not up for debate.
    To insinuate that any discussion on the topic of gender identity is political is to imply that our existence and legitimacy of it is something to be debated.
    Quite frankly I'm disappointed and insulted that this is something that even needs to be said out loud.
    Shame on you for ever coming up with this idea.
  • JoyousBoyous1 commented  ·   ·  Report

    If this **** stays like this it could be the start of twitch falling further further into an alt right pipeline, becoming a horrible website giving platforms to horrible people to spread hateful rhetoric. This needs to be nipped in the bud immediately.
  • Uncl3BAMF commented  ·   ·  Report

    LGBTQ+ issues are not sensitive issues. This is about people's life and rights being on the line. Shame on you for bowing to bigotry. Remove this bullet point from Article 7.
  • Harkovybes commented  ·   ·  Report

    S'il vous plaît, retirez ce dernier point Extrêmement discriminatoire dans l'article VII. Il faut arrêter de capitaliser sur la stigmatisation des genres, à cause de gens font plus de bruit avec leur haine et leur peur de la différence.

    Nous sommes toustes des personnes, des êtres vivants avec nos sensibilités propres. Les personnes que vous allez "catégoriser" ne sont pas celles qui répandent la haine et la violence.

  • whistletown13 commented  ·   ·  Report

    Can you please think for two seconds about the impact of this and how you would even enforce it? People are going to report streams for being "political" left and right....
    A disabled streamer talking about their disability - TOO POLITICAL; a gay streamer mentioning their same+sex partner - TOO POLITICAL; an immigrant streamer mentioning their immigration status - TOO POLITICAL; literally any streamer just sitting there that some ******* decides looks "too trans" - TOO POLITICAL. It's like the bathroom bill and drag ban of Twitch. Come on...
  • birdferb_ commented  ·   ·  Report

    I agree with the comments. A person simply existing and living is not political, they are a person.
  • KaijuWorldOrder commented  ·   ·  Report

    Frankly sickening. LGBTQ people are just people. They have a right to exist and talk about their lives. This clause is just pandering to bigots who want them exterminated.
  • trash_rat_jones commented  ·   ·  Report

    Queer people discussing our lives is not political, nor should it be labeled as such.

  • Chimorai commented  ·   ·  Report

    I'm sure Twitch doesn't care about actual people so I will say as a business move this is incredibly stupid. You will lose so many people. A bit of entertainment is not worth our identities being considered political.

  • SomePlasticSpork commented  ·   ·  Report

    Queer people have been around forever. Despite all the efforts to shut them down and kill them off in history, they continue to exist because they are not a controversial subject, they are valid people. This notion that being queer is a controversial modern phase is a horrid fabrication that is another attempt in a long line at targeting minority groups for being "different" from the "norm." Access to information is one of the best ways for people to discover themselves and undo the harm caused by others that caused them to hide themselves, and taking away the conversation is contributing to the pain and suffering of human beings, as well as increasing the chances of the death of queer youth.
  • Lihtsatza commented  ·   ·  Report

    This seems like a lawsuit waiting to happen. Pretty sure Twitch operates in at least a few jurisdictions where treating people differently based on gender or orientation in a commercial context is capital-I Illegal.
  • KiwiCat_TV commented  ·   ·  Report

    Being afraid to talk about a crucial part of your identity because you might risk a ban from Twitch is unfair, especially on a creative outlet platform such as Twitch.
  • PersonalZombie commented  ·   ·  Report

    Talking about living my life and just existing as a queer person shouldn't be considered political. I'm literally just a guy, it's not my fault some people think I shouldn't get to exist as myself! Having to flag myself as 'potentially controversial' is a great way to endanger me for not silencing myself.
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