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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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  • servicetop03 commented  ·   ·  Report

    I will be deleting my account if my state of being is made into something "political" Shame on you Twitch

  • Addicted_Tea commented  ·   ·  Report

    LGBTQ+ People are not political or a debate, we are just people. This is wrong to add LGBTQ+ as a required explicit label.

  • j4d3_h4rpy commented  ·   ·  Report

    If my existence is political, then "I own the Washington Post" Jeff Bezo's existence is political.
  • CoolBlast3 commented  ·   ·  Report

    Disgusting move by Twitch to frame people existing as "politicial". Not surprised tho considering who owns the platform.
  • marinocturne commented  ·   ·  Report

    Queer people, like myself, would like to exist without being politicized on platforms that are supposed to be a source of recreation and fun
  • zanarnaryon commented  ·   ·  Report

    We are people and our existence is not a political issue
  • thor_odinson2 commented  ·   ·  Report

    If twitch doesn't change it, they are exactly like all other big corporations hating on lgtbq because they can't understand people are actually having fun, please vote for this.
  • gayfortombois commented  ·   ·  Report

    My very existence is not a "political issue," nor is it ****. This is shameful.
  • SunnyWeeny commented  ·   ·  Report

    Its so mind blowing we have to protest when a measure like this shouldn’t even be existing in the first place
  • sugarbread051 commented  ·   ·  Report

    my identity and sexuality is not a political issue for you to censor!
  • heyhippari commented  ·   ·  Report

    My identity and sexuality aren't political, Twitch.
    By doing this, you are explicitly giving the okay for anti-LGBT content on your platform, as well as other-ing every LGBTQ+ user of your service.

    Get this: currently, a cis, heterosexual person can talk about their lives freely on stream. I can't, without applying this label.

    If I mention my girlfriend, as a lesbian, I run afoul of your guidelines. If I want to discuss my transition, or the active campaign against trans people everywhere, I run afoul of your guidelines.

    We ARE NOT political. We are humans, who exist.

    Be better.
  • flygonism commented  ·   ·  Report

    Pretending like LGBT issues is at all dangerous when queer people are just trying to live their lives is shameful and wrong, and Twitch should be ashamed of themselves for consistently choosing the peace and safety of radical extremist’s and domestic terrorist’s over the people who helped Twitch grow to the sham corporation it’s become.
  • mgd002 commented  ·   ·  Report

    I hope they change it, it's hurtful long term
  • aroaceninneedofspace commented  ·   ·  Report

    It's disheartening that the existence of certain people is considered political
  • ScarboSheep commented  ·   ·  Report

    I'm both religious and bisexual and I don't like this. You can welcome conservatives while still rejecting the extremists. Extremists like to call certain things "politics" that aren't as a manipulative strategy. Don't give them this.
  • ItsAllVeryCherry commented  ·   ·  Report

    My life- my existence, it *not* political, nor is it a 'sensitive social issue'. What do you mean we can't talk about our life? Our partners if we aren't straight? Our identity if we aren't straight or cis? This is discrimination and censorship. No if and or buts about it. And I mean this WHOLE article. NOT just the last bullet point- though the last one- the last two actually- are especially heinous. This is disgusting

    You are only further potentially endangering a group of people who already deal with that enough as it is. You are putting a bigger target on streamers who make YOU money. You are being cruel and not even acting in your own self interest. You will be driving people away who make you money. This is cruel, disgusting, and asinine. You only want to appeal to hateful people while ostracizing and painting even larger targets on the backs of SO many more people. You are siding with hurtful, hateful, ignorant bigots. Do the right thing. Amend this.
  • EmpathicMeta commented  ·   ·  Report

    The existence of Queer people and the issues that plague their lives are not a "bullet point" or inherently "explicit."

  • BlamChowderGamer commented  ·   ·  Report

    My existence is not sensitive
    My existence is not political
    My existence is not religious
    I am who I am and to silence my existence is discrimination.
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