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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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  • Amethyrrovia commented  ·   ·  Report

    I don't watch Twitch much except for a few creators- namely MCYT and a couple of Vtubers- but this rule should NOT be in place to silence the voices of people who want to express themselves and connect to people in the same community, like the LGBTQ+, or to talk about what's happening around the country or world.
  • thequietkid66 commented  ·   ·  Report

    I may not be trans but as a gay man, this **** is ab-HORRENT. how in the **** did this get past into actual TOS
  • vvidae commented  ·   ·  Report

    Twitch what are you smoking, there are actual hateful, dangerous, nasty people on this platform but you have problems with gay people?
  • DarQuing commented  ·   ·  Report

    People being people is not a sensitive issue. If you consider being queer of some kind to be 'political' then you should also mark being straight and cis as 'political'. Some people have issues with queer people, that's a them problem not a queer people problem.
  • MintyCocoArts commented  ·   ·  Report

    I’am a non-binary PERSON, not a sensitive political issue. Get rid of this NOW! All of our lives matter and shouldn’t be pushed into the dark.
  • vanguardchristi commented  ·   ·  Report

    I am a Trans Lesbian and I understand how heavy some topics can be but it feels odd that we..... are lumped in with wars.
  • DragonDai commented  ·   ·  Report

    This is one of the worst decisions Twitch has ever made, and that's saying a lot. People's lives are NOT "political" being gay or trans or non-binary or whatever is NOT "political" and anyone pretending it is "political" is either a far right bigot or is carrying water for them.

    This has got to go.
  • cryptelf commented  ·   ·  Report

    I am trans. I am lesbian. My existence is not a sensitive issue. What the actual **** twitch
  • sadmac356 commented  ·   ·  Report

    Why are people EXISTING AS THEMSELVES considered a "sensitive issue"? If we're supposed to label ourselves as such in case it comes up in chat, I'm out of here because this sounds EERILY similar to something I learned about in my history and English classes.
  • kranslancer commented  ·   ·  Report

    My existence is not controversial! Remove the final bullet point from article vii, twitch. How dare you try to imply that those like me should be hidden away from the view of everyone else, just because of some despicable morons who want to impose their gross views on people they think they can oppress!
  • TimmayKC commented  ·   ·  Report

    Twitch, you do NOT want this smoke. Revert this. I don't care what pressure the ADL put on you this time, they're on the wrong side of a LOT of issues. The classification is a decent idea but not like this. You're putting LGBTQIA+ groups in danger.
  • statedarkcry commented  ·   ·  Report

    I have really enjoyed Twitch as an app, but with these rules active I don’t want to use it at all. Hope this changes, or I’ll probably stick to YouTube.
  • Gornser commented  ·   ·  Report

    Twitch.. you shouldn't be feeding the idea that the mere existence of an LGBTQIA person, and their day-to-day activities are social and/or political issues.
    This policy runs counter to Human Rights, un-normalizes us and enforces our standing as an alienated fringe community.
  • JanTheHuman24 commented  ·   ·  Report

    Labeling LGBTQ+ content as controversial and sensitive is effectively just censorship of that content. My identity and the identity of the streamers who I care very deeply about should not be made into a topic that needs to be “filtered”. We are normal people and we are here to stay. You cannot silence us, and you will not win if you stand in the way of our rights to free speech. The fact that we even have to fight this is appalling and frankly makes me consider never using Twitch as a streaming platform.
  • Rotekoppen commented  ·   ·  Report

    I guess i am just as bad as a discussion about war crimes then...

    :(
  • KamenRiderRaiden commented  ·   ·  Report

    How about, Twitch, hear me out, you wanna work on sensitive social issues? Have stuff get tagged with an extra "explicit content" label? Go look in your IRL/Hot tub, Pool, Beach/Nudity categories, stop facilitating the harassment of Vtubers and LGBTQ+, and you'll find a goldmine of sensitive social issues rhyming with "not enforcing the rules with the equality to which your staff claims it does on social media"
  • physics4444 commented  ·   ·  Report

    My existence is not a “sensitive issue”
  • TheCityBeast commented  ·   ·  Report

    This is very important not only to me but for thousands of others who use this site. Please consider this action!
  • katiem31415 commented  ·   ·  Report

    My being trans is not a political debate. I am who I am, and I shouldn't have to fight for that right. People should be able to express themselves as they want, and if somebody else doesn't like that, then that is for them to work through.

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