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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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  • itmewrex commented  ·   ·  Report

    Absolutely disgusting how comfortable the far right is with trying to undermine human rights. Do better.
  • Cthulhuvong commented  ·   ·  Report

    People's existence is not a "sensitive social issue". It is their life. Bowing to bigots only hurts large swathes of your user base to satisfy a small few.
  • WashyAndFriends commented  ·   ·  Report

    Being queer is not political. It's *politicized* by those who want to bring harm to the community. Queer people simply talking about their lives just like anyone else should not require some special tag just because there are people who UNJUSTLY choose to have a problem with it.

  • Thashadow commented  ·   ·  Report

    How is this even up for discussion? This shouldn't be a ''sensitive'' issue, the only reason this is even still an ''issue'' in the first place, is because it somehow is still being ''debated'' by 1 side of the political spectrum that not all people deserve equal rights...
  • calechipconecrimes commented  ·   ·  Report

    once again I and my community become a talking point for people who know nothing about us. jfc
  • strangeforest commented  ·   ·  Report

    People's existence isn't a sensitive political issue. What next? Labelling streams from Jewish creators as sensitive political issues because ******** get overly sensitive about it?
  • ShaoShimigami commented  ·   ·  Report

    Being lgbt isn’t political it’s a way of life. This isn’t gonna stop me from being a supporter of the lgbt community

  • Ajnidehs commented  ·   ·  Report

    The only reason BIPOC/LGBTQIA+ people and topics are considered political are because there are bad faith legislators who want to criminalize our existence. Policies such as this play right into their hands as it reinforces the idea that the only "non-political" entity is a straight, cisgender, white man. Diversity exists and should be celebrated, not vilified.
  • the_enby_sam commented  ·   ·  Report

    Encouraging the politicization of LGBTQ+ topics means you're encouraging the people who think human rights are up for debate. They are not, and you should be ashamed.
  • skillzyz commented  ·   ·  Report

    Talking about being gay is not 'political'
  • DoubleMayCare commented  ·   ·  Report

    I want to exist on this platform without having to justify said existence. This type of discrimination will only lead to further, more extreme policies of exclusion until the hateful fascist props have made Twitch a xenophobic echo chamber like they're already doing to X (nee Twitter).
  • CherryWolfVA commented  ·   ·  Report

    I cannot believe we have to do this....This is basic issues. We are human, this is "human" issues, not "political" ones.
  • FrostyFable commented  ·   ·  Report

    Don't pander to bigots by throwing LGBTQ+ under the bus. The bigots will keep pulling the overton window, the window of acceptable public discourse, back towards their favourite era of living memory: circa early 1940.

    The meme lampooning anti-LGBTQ+ discourse: that "there are two genders: (white) male and political" shouldn't be your guiding star in managing a website this far into the 21st century.
  • redjellybean123 commented  ·   ·  Report

    My existence is not political. There is no greater power in the universe than the need for freedom. I'm not a pervert, a mutant, a deviant, or a threat to society. I'm just a person, and I just want to live. Please don't make that simple desire harder, and don't encourage people who want to take my freedom away because they don't believe I'm worthy of having it. Thank you for taking the time to read this.
  • MonkeyCorpz commented  ·   ·  Report

    Truly disgusting that I have to essentially beg and grovel to a corporation for my existence to be seen as something other than “politics”. Whoever made this change should be fired.

  • memeboi992 commented  ·   ·  Report

    LGBTQIA+ people are People Not Politics Twitch!!!!!!! This is the most homophobic idea i have seen from you. DO BETTER!

  • entakitty_ttv commented  ·   ·  Report

    Got to support my lgbtq+ follower’s and friends ❤️
  • GamesForDays2 commented  ·   ·  Report

    That is extremely stupid. LGBTQ+ people are not political. They are PEOPLE!!
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