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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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  • esperatacat commented  ·   ·  Report

    Human rights are not a sensitive political issue, they're basic rights
  • MysteriousCatIsland commented  ·   ·  Report

    Who a person is isn't a 'sensitive social issue' nor is simply talking about it 'explicit content'. Stop labeling my personhood as a social issue. Bigotry is the issue.
  • rizzlefu commented  ·   ·  Report

    For the love of god please do not treat my existence as political
  • lydiiiiiiiiiiiii commented  ·   ·  Report

    you guys are about to lose a lot of business if this goes through. queer people and discussions of queerness are not "sensitive social issues" nor political, you guys are just trying to make it political.

  • starblastr commented  ·   ·  Report

    Someone's existence isn't a sensitive social issue. LGBT+ people are human beings and deserve to exist. By marking LGBT+ topics as "sensitive" you are furthering homophobia and transphobia. LGBT+ streamers deserve to be comfortable enough to discuss their own lives naturally without risk of labeling their content with a marker implying their existence is sensitive materials to others.

  • Fastolph commented  ·   ·  Report

    People's daily lives aren't politics. They're not telling who to vote for or how a government should be ran, they're just being themselves, that shouldn't be put behind any kind of gating.

    The timing of this change doesn't leave much to speculate about why this is happening though. You'd think one of the richest man in the world wouldn't be so fragile as to think a few queer peeps would be enough of a threat to him that they need to be suppressed.
  • turboninjaomnijesus commented  ·   ·  Report

    Queer existence is not a "sensitive social topic", quit pandering to bigoted reactionaries
  • TuffTooty commented  ·   ·  Report

    lgbtq existence isnt up for "debate" its a fact of life
  • tinytakaya commented  ·   ·  Report

    This clause is the type of thing that makes me think I shouldn't use twitch anymore. If they remove it, maybe it's worth sticking around
  • friday_56 commented  ·   ·  Report

    Queer people are people. Our existence is not any more inherently controversial than your straight cis neighbor

  • Sizab commented  ·   ·  Report

    "Discussing ideological or socio-political views on topics like gender, race, sexuality, or religion"

    Requiring a blanket warning on streams focused on discussions of civil rights places an extremely unfair burden on marginalized Twitch members who are politicized by society without their consent. What would be the implications of this for streamers doing charity streams that aim to help these groups? I have concerns that creators on Twitch who try to uplift other creators through communities on shared marginalized identities will be singled out.
  • wolfstar_07 commented  ·   ·  Report

    While I agree with this in theory, as other commenters have pointed out, by not highlighting them, you are burying them. The labels are meant as a beacon to others that this is a safe space for them.

  • librumilitude commented  ·   ·  Report

    Queer people aren't "sensitive social issues", they're people.
  • lightbeamapps commented  ·   ·  Report

    This is discriminatory. Asking LGBQT folks to mark themselves out as “other” in this way is gross.
  • lichenprincess commented  ·   ·  Report

    Bigotry is a sensitive social issue. Queer people existing and living their lives is not. Don't censor queer streamers for being queer!
  • Mayhem_Mudkip commented  ·   ·  Report

    "Sensitive Social Issues" for who?
    I ask again, "Sensitive Social Issues" for who!

    Allowing LGBTQ+ people, Immigrants and their children, Reproductive Rights Activists, People of Color and others the space to talk is the baseline for open discourse.

    The right to exist is not "Political"
  • Xenodile commented  ·   ·  Report

    I am a trans woman. My life is not a controversial political stance.
  • ruvianepinewhysper commented  ·   ·  Report

    If all the LGBTQ+ left Twitch, it would dry up and blow away in the wind. Any members of the Community out there who can create a new Inclusive platform?
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