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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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  • BubblesAlmighty commented  ·   ·  Report

    as someone who will be starting HRT next year the very idea that i could be labeled as a SENSITIVE SOCIAL ISSUE because i wanted to talk about work and i happen to be trans is horrendously insulting. This will lead to increased harassment to members of the LGBTQ+ community and will just be another bullet point of support for people who hate me just because I have the audacity to be alive.

  • sorcanna commented  ·   ·  Report

    Yea this is a bad look. Given that it basically asks that if you are part of a group being attacked for existing then please tag yourself for easy identification. I seem to remember learning about something similar in history class when I was a kid.

  • GwenBunnyGaming commented  ·   ·  Report

    By the new rules, me talking about my gender journey, discussing nothing about my sexuality or any form of sexual content, could easily be flagged by these guidelines. Everything I would say on the matter would be things I could say at my office job without getting any backlash, so why does it need to be flagged on the same level as discussing a war?

    Answer: It doesn't.

  • grunkzone commented  ·   ·  Report

    twitch why in the world did you think something like this was a good idea, did you not expect pushback?
  • ooediacarov commented  ·   ·  Report

    The politisizing of the LGBTQ+ community does nothing, but harm. People should not be treated as mere ideoligy

  • alidonis12 commented  ·   ·  Report

    Our right to exist is not politics. It's a **** right. Any less is discrimination. It should not be controversial. We will not be silenced by your short-sighted ways!
  • Criftshift commented  ·   ·  Report

    I'm not really part of this community but frick that policy ********
  • CinnaMarnie commented  ·   ·  Report

    The right for LGBTQIA folks to exist is not political, Love is love, if you do not like a streamer for any reason such as this, it is the duty of the viewer to stop watching, not twitch to marginalise communities that are oppressed!
  • adzofuniverse6 commented  ·   ·  Report

    As a gender-fluid person and a femboy who would love to start streaming on twitch at some point, I hope this gets fixed!
  • newgraywolf2 commented  ·   ·  Report

    I don't think I can say anything that hasn't already been said. So I will simply say that I agree with everything everyone else is saying. This way of doing things will lead to increased harassment.

  • AshtenThePlatypus commented  ·   ·  Report

    How did this get through whatever process twitch has for approving new rules without anyone question it. It's literal discrimination against LGBTQ+ people like myself. I should NOT be swept away simply existing!
  • Hynth commented  ·   ·  Report

    The existence of LGBTQIA+ people is fact, not a politically sensitive issue. Forcing queer people to mark their stream (or force marking it for them if mass reported) enables hate and may very well make streaming a security issue for them.

    Do the people creating these documents not know their world war 2 history and what happened when Jews were forced to mark themselves?
  • toasty_corner commented  ·   ·  Report

    Marginalized people's lives are not a "sensitive social issue." We deserve to be seen and represented and to express who we are and our struggles.
  • AnotherCatgirlProgrammer commented  ·   ·  Report

    As not passing trans woman, am I allowed to openly say I prefer female pronouns or is it already too far?
  • ignismare2 commented  ·   ·  Report

    Equivalent to putting a star of David on Jewish people in Nazi Germany. Disgraceful. Remove it immediately.
  • LvnaUwU commented  ·   ·  Report

    We are not a controversial topic twitch! Everyone who thinks that LGBTQ+ People are something bad don't know how the world works. As a Trans Woman I really hope you do the only right thing and Remove it.

  • AriLep commented  ·   ·  Report

    People simply existing as they are with no choice in how they are either born or develop is not a political topic, and cannot be reasonably be compared to wars, genocide, or military conflicts. There's no way a collection of minds got together and thought this through, and anyone involved in this decision shouldn't have such power.
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