Why does my existence as a queer person have to be political to you?

Being LGBTQ+ is not a sensitive political issue you absolute ghouls.

Stop making people’s existence political. It’s not that hard. it’s only political if you make it so

Absolutely. Twitch should not be censoring basic human rights discussions.

LGBTQ+ rights are human rights, this is not a debate or a "sensitive social issue," it is a FACT, Twitch! A safe space for bigots is a dangerous space for EVERYONE else.

I am a person with a valid existence as a human being, not a "political issue." The only people who make my existence a "political issue" are bigots - couldn't we make streams that exist to make hateful, bigoted statements require said flag instead?

Several have voiced it better, but this change immediately made me uncomfortable as it makes it seem like I need to flag my content simply for discussing who I am. Advertisers have no right to discriminate who their ads are seen by simply because of the identity of the streamer, and this gets into extremely dicey territory that could drive marginalized identities off the platform.

My existence is not controversial. Our existence is not political. We are not race. We are not war. We are not hatred. I refuse to allow any of this to even have a chance of progression, and I refuse to let my audience, friends, and community feel ashamed of who they are and what they feel. We are real people. We have real rights. To attempt to take those rights is to attempt to reduce all people to nothing. It may start with one group, but as we've seen before, hatred of one is the first step towards hatred of all.

Folks should not have to be ashamed of their identity, nor afraid of punishment for speaking of issues that affect their day to day life

This is more than disgusting, twitch should be more than ashamed they should be tried, convicted and made to pay the victims of their appaling bigotry.

Do not put LGBTQ+ folks in a ghetto.

I am not a “sensitive political issue.” I am a real person. I should be allowed to talk about my life the same as any cisgender heterosexual person. This policy is discriminatory, and rest assured if you pursue this action there WILL be legal consequences.

This is just unacceptable, and I won't stand for it. Saying that anyone's existence is a political or sensitive social issue is completely not okay. This makes twitch an unsafe space, and I don't know if I can continue to use or support this platform, continuing with this behavior.

Besides just this bullet point (which I hate), 'Discussing ideological or socio-political views on topics like gender, race, sexuality, or religion' is fascinatingly vague. I'm concerned that this could mean any stream where the streamer discusses or jokes about their lived experience as an LGBTQ+, or BIPOC, or non/religious person, would be shoved into the same category as debates on if those streamers deserve to have rights. This spells 'harassment' all over to me. I don't trust Twitch with this classification system and I think it should not be implemented.

"Social issues" (as Twitch have put it) should not be compared to politics or war. Discussing LGTBQ+ identities and anything that concerns said identities should not be punishable on twitch. By banning any and all discussion of the LGBTQ+, the right wing gains "evidence" that the LGBTQ+ are somehow bad or problematic.

LGBTQ is as political of a topic as people of color. There should not be any type of moderation surrounding positively talking about LGBTQ topics. The only things that should be removed surrounding the topic is hate and discrimination. Being black and talking about it is not political and neither is being queer, trans, gay, etc. THIS NEEDS TO BE REMOVED

Hello please stop banning Palestinians and also stop expelling trans people from talking about their experiences. Thanks, go **** yourself!

This is a horrible misuse of influence from twitch, and it's terrifying to see them try and treat LGBT+ rights, immigration, and reproductive rights in this way. I could understand a need for some form of labeling of tense political topics, but going so far as to censor these topics is completely unacceptable. This is openly choosing to damage these communities, and promoting hatred and exclusion for people simply trying to exist.

I understand that as a corporation, there is a need to control the type of content depicted on your platform (YouTube has had multiple controversial rulings with this as well, this isn't a unique issue to Twitch). With the current political situation, I don't blame Twitch from trying to limit intense political topics and discussions. However, this is a step too far. This is intentionally enabling the censorship of entire communities for the crime of existing. It's blatant discrimination.

In my opinion, a better way to handle this would be a generic content warning. If a streamer wants to discuss something politically controversial, just have them check a box on their profile. And then viewers could have an option in their individual accounts that will pop up a warning saying that this streamer discusses politics. This way, anyone looking to avoid recent political or controversial content on twitch can check a box that will hide those channels from them. This would still allow viewers who want to filter out political content from their feed the option, but it wouldn't be enforcing a specific agenda on what form of content is deemed political. This could mean the rulings can change over time as to what is deemed political for a certain time frame. Now if a channel discusses a recently controversial political topic on a live stream, they are only warned if they didn't clearly mark their content as political. This could help promote channels that discuss political topics to those who are interested in learning about them, and also promote apolitical channels to those who aren't interested at all. This would weaken the label of political content so that it's not completely censoring these channels, but it would still allow a form of content filtering in a way that isn't censoring trans and immigrant communities.

I will not label my existence as "sensitive social issues". I refuse to comply. I will not hide myself so that bigots can be comfortable.

I am not a “sensitive political issue.” I am a real person. I should be allowed to talk about my life the same as any cisgender heterosexual person. This policy is discriminatory and rest assured if you pursue this action there WILL be legal consequences.