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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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  • DrakeLake commented  ·   ·  Report

    Sometimes, some people just need to be made to be uncomfortable in order for others to be seen. That's what needed to be done some decades ago.

    Can you imagine this in the 1950's? "A black person, streaming? Hm. That could be seen as political. You'll need to tag yourself with the 'political' tag if you want to continue streaming." It's the same thing, and you won't convince me otherwise.

    This is a human right, not political.
  • QuyetPawz commented  ·   ·  Report

    I am a lesbian and non-binary. My existence is not a sensitive issue.
  • EnbyMenace commented  ·   ·  Report

    I am not a "sensitive social issue" I am a person. I should be able to exist without being labeled as political. Other people, bigots, want to see my existence as political. Twitch has a history of siding with the bigots. Try something different, perhaps?
  • Geminifox83 commented  ·   ·  Report

    Indeed, to be honest, I have no problem with LGBTQIA. Twitch stop this, you're just making it worst.

  • bordono001 commented  ·   ·  Report

    My existence should not be, and isn't, a "sensitive social issue". It's reality.
  • goninre commented  ·   ·  Report

    Twitch genuinely stop people should be allowed to be themselves without having to label every single stream about it

  • JuwuVT commented  ·   ·  Report

    this new feature creates more issues than help! existing as a queer person is not political or "sensitive social issues"

  • sunshyne60 commented  ·   ·  Report

    The great irony of this is that, in their attempt to de-politicize the platform, they have taken a very strong political stance: That LGBTQ people are not allowed to exist in the same spaces, on the same terms, as heteronormative people. Queer people did not turn our right to exist into a political question: Bad faith actors did. Twitch has taken a side against queer people in this debate.
  • Gentle_AI commented  ·   ·  Report

    Insane to think that my mere existence is a "sensitive social issue" requiring a content warning.

  • Valanarro commented  ·   ·  Report

    My existence is not a political statement. If twitch doesn't remove this policy I will leave the platform.

  • mariobrojr777 commented  ·   ·  Report

    Someone's daily life is not political, if some is gay or trans and they talk about that that is not political that is just life
  • biot8 commented  ·   ·  Report

    My existence is not a sensitive social issue.
  • itsonlyBrad_ commented  ·   ·  Report

    Maybe twitch needs to think long and hard about if it really needs the ad revenue from advertisers that don’t want their ads displayed on streams dealing with LGBTQ+ issues more than it needs the support of our community.

  • wilothy commented  ·   ·  Report

    Treating topics of basic human liberties as "sensitive" only serves to suppress them. For twitch to take this stance is to take a stance against LGBT+, immigrant, and reproductive rights. Do not coddle the people who want to oppress us.
  • ItsMickIntosh commented  ·   ·  Report

    WE ARE PEOPLE AND HAVE A RIGHT TO TALK ABOUT WHAT IS AN EXISTENTIAL THREAT TO OUR EXISTENCE TWITCH
  • OrpheusCh commented  ·   ·  Report

    The fact that my friends exist and deserve rights is not a "sensitive political issue".
  • Notolecta commented  ·   ·  Report

    While I agree that labeling LGBTQ+ rights, immagation, and reproductive rights sensitive social issues. I think a lot of people are missing the actual language of the update, this bullet point being discussed isn't a huge problem as it actually only applies to talk about legislation. "Discussing legislation related to a sensitive social issue such as reproductive rights, LGBTQ+ rights, or immigration".

    The bullet point that is more concerning is "Discussing ideological or socio-political views on topics like gender, race, sexuality, or religion", which probably still doesn't include simply being LGBTQ+, but could certainly include general Pro-LGBTQ+ sentitments, which could be problematic. While the label isn't needed for intermittent mentions and only for when it's the focus of the stream, that obviously is too vauge and doesn't help for streams that are generally meant as a safe space for LGBTQ+ people. Also note that Race is also included, which is a whole problem on it's own, like that could include "all people are equal" as a sentiment that requires labels if it's the "focus".

    I thus don't really agree with this petition because it doesn't really address the problem. They don't need to remove the final bullet point, they need to rework the language of the whole section as that bullet point is not the only or even the greatest issue. If they just remove the final bullet point without changing other parts of the section things are no better for us as LGBTQ+ folks.
  • Mama_Grell commented  ·   ·  Report

    My existence is not a "sensitive political topic." I am a human being just trying to live my life without harming anyone else and be myself. Twitch needs to remove this awful part of the Article.
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