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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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  • Crabs4Sale commented  ·   ·  Report

    My existence isn’t political, and it isn’t up for debate.
  • EmblemTheNoodle commented  ·   ·  Report

    I am not a sensitive issue, and this is brazen and flagrant discrimination.

  • BrandiBlitzVT commented  ·   ·  Report

    So what you are saying is that anything that gets political (even if it is not remotely related to such topics) can me marked as controversial... y'all need to be more clear & concise with how y'all word things. I know you intentionally make it vague in order to midigate any risk of a lawsuit...

    Y'all have to be clear on who's side you're on, cuz right now, we all know that you're on the side of money (who is paying you the most).

    Please be mor clear. Do better, or else we WILL find another platform, like OF/Fansly, patreon, bluesky, mastadon, etc.
  • scratchingway_ commented  ·   ·  Report

    Well said. Trans people need to be able to talk about our lives and the very real political, economic, and social issues that impact us, without it being categorized as explicit or inappropriate.
  • Kev_TDD commented  ·   ·  Report

    Our right to exist shouldn't be something to be hidden
  • Jettoshi709 commented  ·   ·  Report

    trans woman here; this is essentially LGBTQ erasure off twitch. If fellow trans women on twitch just want to talk about their life at all (being trans affects nearly all aspects of someones life), they risk an explict tag/ content warning on their stream? Meanwhile if you look at what else fall under the umbrella, you can see topics like WAR. Talking about war, and talking about how you put on a dress and felt cute today should NOT fall under the same content restrictions! I know in American politics being trans is a very hot topic right now, but war and gender identity are clearly very different and should be treated as such.

    This is not okay!
  • tomlewookie commented  ·   ·  Report

    Human right is not a debate or an opinion! Human being, ALL OF US deserve right!
    It is not political or an ideaology for wanting to EXIST!

    This policy is hateful, inhumain and disgusting! And do I have to mention that LGBTphobia is a crime in most contry?

  • BlueEarOtter commented  ·   ·  Report

    My existence is not a sensitive social issue 🏳️‍⚧️🏳‍🌈🖤🩶🤍💜
  • AprilDerg3244 commented  ·   ·  Report

    I expect this kind of **** from twitter or some other awful place. I know twitch is bad but I didn't expect THIS level of bad. This might have been acceptable 50 years ago, but it is not 50 years ago.
  • markdreizehn commented  ·   ·  Report

    In general it's an outdated and discriminatory idea that any non cis heterosexual lifestyle is inherently 18+ as it applies a double standard where only hetrosexual lifestyles are inherently nonsexual

  • Wovenwyrd commented  ·   ·  Report

    Even in the idealized world of whoever came up with this, you'll be seeing streams getting flagged for "too closely representing the rainbow" and in a more realistic world, this is just a straight up pink triangle out of 1945. This needs to go.
  • Mazzthebottom commented  ·   ·  Report

    Should I start wearing a "Sensitive social issue" badge when I'm living my life because I'm trans and queer? I think history has some pretty damning thoughts to that.

    My right to live is NOT a "Sensitive Social Issue".
  • EllaaOwO commented  ·   ·  Report

    Literal human rights are *not* controversial no matter how many random people on the internet disagree
  • LordTank commented  ·   ·  Report

    This is a straight up discrimination! Same as triangles in German camps. Remove this now Twitch!
  • bunnywhole commented  ·   ·  Report

    i'm allowed to talk about lgbt. this is censorship of media at the highest level for twitch. i legit think this might be a first ammendment violation honestly.
  • TaranTaranJ commented  ·   ·  Report

    is this just so bezos can be more friendly with trump...
  • blusau commented  ·   ·  Report

    Twitch's "sensitive social issues" clause does nothing but further marginalize people that are already in the margins of society.

  • Patchwork__ commented  ·   ·  Report

    Discrimination with extra steps, remove our existence from "sensitive issues" bigots
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