Silencing minority groups simply for existing is not going to help literally anyone. Penalizing them for existing is REALLY not going to help anyone. In fact, it'll just drive the issue farther. The fact we have to vote on this is kind of insane.

i think whoever has been in charge of the policy stuff in twitch needs to be fired. not only are the statements here just encouraging hate-mongering and is blatantly biased, its written like it was made by a lawschool dropout. i know you arent hiring professionals in your legal and moderation team, and that they cant tell the difference between a thigh and a forearm, but you cant even cover your own buts properly.

Simply being a part of a different ethnicity or being a part of the LGBTQIA+ community is not political nor should it be labeled a "sensitive social issue". You are going to drive countless users and creators away from your platform with this. Myself, as with so many others here, are not going to give up our communities. These are the types of decisions that cause mass exoduses and the end of popular platforms.

By confirming that the existence of LGBTQIA+ individuals such as myself and many others is purely political with the last two bullet points in Section VII? Twitch... you are going to drive away so many talented creators and their amazing communities off of the platform, and make the overall space objectively less welcoming.

Get rid of it. It's the only correct option, and I'm extremely disappointed that this even got through HR or whoever decides what the rules should be. I fall onto this spectrum myself, and do not plan on giving up my community and status as a streamer because of it. Do right by our community and don't marginalize us further than we already are in society just because we don't fit a specific label. In some cases, this is our only outlet, and we should have the right to it just like anyone else.

Silencing minorities on Twitch is not the way to go. The fact that this even needed to be said is insane.

I refuse to consider that talking about my very right to exist should be considered a bullet point in a long list of subjects deemed a "brand safety risk" to twitch's precious money-churning ad machine. Especially when such vague, undefined terms such as "focus of" the content or "intermittent" are the guidelines I'm supposed to adhere to. Signed without question.

These are not "social issues", they're fundamental aspects of people's identities, and far from being "political", they have bi-partisan acceptance (Source: I am a bi partisan).

The last two bullet points are incredibly damaging to marginalized communities. The penultimate bullet point is quite literally a right wing dog whistle, referring to "gender and racial ideology".

This last July (disability pride month) I hosted an interview/podcast series featuring disabled content creators discussing our lived experiences. I would have been forced to give that content a warning label, and paint a target on my back and my collaborators by doing so.

I feature content directly speaking about my experiences being asexual, biromantic, and nonbinary, in a non-sexually explicit manner. I speak on this and the legislation that affects me and other marginalized communities REGULARLY. I will be forced to put a content warning on my channel and paint a target on my back.

Aside from concerns about targeting, doxing, stalking, and harassment, there is also a glaring issue about demonetization. Twitch has made subs unaffordable for most people, and so they have turned to ads as a source of income. The majority of marginalized creators face financial insecurity in the first place, let alone having to deal with a large portion of ad revenue being cut due to them being targeted FOR BEING MARGINALIZED.

And lastly, marginalized communities suffer unspeakable levels of trauma for simply living our lives as our authentic selves. We get microaggressed, macroaggressed, and hate crimed. We get disowned, kicked out, fired, expelled, arrested, and beyond. If Twitch follows through on these bullet points, they are screaming loud and clear that they have no issue discriminating against marginalized communities, tearing down the online safe spaces we have created, and will proudly contribute to the trauma we face every day we draw breath.

Simply being transgender is not a sensitive social issue! It's just what I am!

My existence is a god-given right, tell me how it's a "sensitive social issue."

As a queer and very disabled in the way of women's reproductive rights way... nah. Don't label me as political because I have suffered. Don't label us political because we have suffered. Do better.

My existence is not a "sensitive social issue."

Yet again you show your complete distaste for an entire section of the population, summing up our existence as a sensitive issue. It isn’t. Queer is as old as history itself and yet you continue to cover and prop up the violent and dehumanizing rhetoric of individuals because you think it does your bottom line best.

If you enforce or continue in with these rules, then you have absolutely no right to ever host or celebrate any ‘Pride’ event. That would be explicit content by your very own words, or you show how shallow your words are, as you have done time and time and time again.

Disgraceful stuff that is not at all surprising.

I support the removal of the final bullet point from Article VII. LGBTQ+ streamers should be able to stream without the inherent implication of their content being "divisive" or "political".

Being a POC queer person should NOT be a 'sensitive social issue' and is greatly disrespectful to those of us just trying live our lives. You claim you are a site against hateful and harassment, but won't acknowlege our right to exist without strings attached.

Hello, I feel very uncertain and fearfull about this new Article, Specially the last bullet point. Like, If an LGBT Streamer talks about there actual lived and current experiences being affected by current legistractions and how that affect there personal and professional lives, Would that be considered a Violation? Or if a Immigrante streamer legit can't stream or have to moved because they have to deal with federal changes on there legal Immigrant Status, would talk about this be considered a violation. It does feel like a rule that disproportunally affect Woman, Immigrants and LGBT+ content a lot more negativelly and treat there actual lived lives as sensitive topics that should be filter out from acceptable topic discussions. In general it looks like rules that can be abused very easilly by bad actors and that disproportunally affect already marginalized people.

In retrospect, I should have added the penultimate bullet point should be removed, as well, because its wording is equally as dangerous and with much farther-reaching implications. Granted, a lot of these comments are going after both in equal measure, but since I can't edit the original text, let's just go ahead and throw the penultimate bullet point on the chopping block, too. It's asinine that anyone talking about their experiences, regardless of whether its viewpoint is white, black, straight, gay, cis, trans, etc. is to be hidden away.

This isn't right! You put it back that by making certain people's existences/experiences as "explicit content" or similar (which is what twitch is doing) is a slippery slope to censor minority groups.

I 100% agree with this. Centering my literal identity as is not a "sensitive" issue and shouldn't be pushed into a "political" box. This is a transphobic move by transphobic staff. Wanna be better, Twitch? Fix it.

By the way, neither I nor any of my friends plan on abiding by this rule. We will not be othered.

My existence as a brown queer autistic person is not "political". "Political" is a snarl word often used to suppress human rights discussions all because some privileged folks feel Slightly Uncomfortable at the idea their their social spaces are anything short of a utopia only for themselves.