Censorship of any group of people is not only absurd but is enabling of far, far worse. If this remains in the Content Classification Guidelines, I will be ending all of my subscriptions and no longer be using twitch at any point in the future. The fact that this has even been considered, let alone included at any point, is absolutely abhorrent.

How does Twitch continue to one up themselves with stupidity? We're not political statements, we're people.

Just another example of oppression against people who don't fit in to your ideal Christian cis white man box.
Great message you're sending Twitch, ********.

Twitch even considering doing this is astoundingly awful

My existence is not a sensitive social issue.

My existence is not political.

WE WILL NOT BE DISCRIMINATED BY YOU.
WE WILL HAVE OUR PLATFORM AND OUR RIGHTS.
OUR EXISTENCE IS NOT A SENSITIVE SOCIAL ISSUE !!!

While I do like the idea of a political tag for mainly politics related streams, the way that these new guidelines are written target specific (already struggling) communities such as LGBTQ+, immigrants and racial minorities. Simply existing, and discussing the joys and hardship of that is not "a sensitive social issue"

I'm just scared this would lead to anyone who's LGBT+ having to mark their stream as "sensitive" just by the nature of being LGBT+ and talking about it. What does that functionality provide the viewer? A warning that this streamer is gay? Why should this impact their choice in watching this creator?

I will stop using twitch altogether if this is not amended.

I dont see why LGBT people should be censord along with political belifes and junk- there just people who wanna live like any cishet person. If it where JUST political beleifs then yeah, i guess. But these people DON'T cause contraversy and stuff!

Honestly Twitch I know it's politically popular to try to delete women and LGBTQ+ and immigrants from America for reasons only God knows (racism, it's racism) but this is cowardly BS and you should be ashamed.

We are not a sensitive topic. We are a thriving part of the twitch community and to label our normal lives ‘sensitive content’ implies that we are somehow doing something inappropriate, illegal, or immoral. We are queer and we deserve to talk about our lives the same way non-queer people do—openly and happily

There is nothing controversial or sensitive about the existence of LGBTQ+ people or our fight to maintain access to basic human rights. Twitch requiring LGBTQ+ individuals to flag their streams is essentially censorship with an extra step

My existence isn't a sensitive social issue.

I'm a federal employee and expected to maintain extremely strict etiquette regarding political involvement. My status as a queer person does not qualify for these restrictions because my existence is not political. Me being queer is no more "political" than my upbringing as a redneck and the two ought to be handled the same.

**** censorship. I don't even use Twitch, I just wanted to vote and insult them.

There is nothing controversial or sensitive about the existence of LGBTQ+ people. These are human rights, they are essential, not sensitive. The only controversy here is manufactured by hate mongers on one side trying to whip up a fascist base. These are people that you are actively marginalizing, Twitch, not abstract ideas that people can disagree over. There's no real controversy if one side of it is disingenuous, it's manufactured hate.

If someone is going to be upset by an LGBT+ / minority person existing, they can just leave the stream. Trying to be “sensitive” to people upset about these common sense topics because they can’t moderate their own emotions just perpetuates the oppression. That bullet point clause allows further harm by enabling the removal of minority streamers’ means of income by censoring their simple presence or daily existence.

Censorship under the guise of "protection", especially in the censorship of marginalized groups is a time-honored tradition of highly regressive politics and a useful tool of erasure. There is nothing inherently explicit about LGBTQ+ identities and discussion or expression thereof, no more so than expression or discussion of cis or heterosexual identities. If this policy must be implemented, it must extend to discussion or representation of cis and heterosexual discussions and identities as well.