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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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  • FoxiDelegance commented  ·   ·  Report

    This pretty much states I need a classification label for personally existing on Twitch as a person. Noone should need a classification label for existing, what clothes they wear, talking about their partner, who they are attracted to, or talking about how they live or breathe. This really should be removed. I try to keep politics out of my streams to begin with. Keep me out of your political labels too Twitch.
  • Aes_Saru commented  ·   ·  Report

    What your actual F***ing problem, This is unfair treatment of LGBTQ+ people.

  • TwoHitGood commented  ·   ·  Report

    The "sensitive social issues" bullet point is promoting a right wing agenda and is not a neutral position.
  • Villene commented  ·   ·  Report

    The only thing political about discussing LGBTQIA+ individuals, immigrants, and reproductive rights is the hate, repression, and erasure of it. Talking about it helps many and hurts no one. Erasing it keeps bigots cushy while damaging an entire, already marginalized group.
  • Aklyon commented  ·   ·  Report

    Whoever came up with this part of the rules update should be fired for causing the company trouble. All of them, if it was multiple fools.
  • Laguna_Silverstone commented  ·   ·  Report

    Hi, it'd be very easy to shadow ban all LGBT content on Twitch with this. We can all see where this is going.
  • AzuraStella commented  ·   ·  Report

    My existence isn't a sensitive social issue. The repeated harassment of us is. You cannot just push me off to the side just because I am transgender.

    Do the right thing. Remove that bullet point, and protect us from hate. This WILL be misused.
  • Hintetsomaru commented  ·   ·  Report

    The current reading would, essentially, force any BIPOC or LGBTQIA+ individual AND THEIR ALLIES off the front page. This will, understandably, limit visibility, and only further marginalize the involved communities.
  • PixelleVT commented  ·   ·  Report

    This is going to make LGBTQ folx a huge target for false flagging, and the way the current system works, we'll be labeled by the system's ai and lose out on our monetization and sponsorships. This is a very bad idea.
  • Mezarumi commented  ·   ·  Report

    I and others like me are not a "sensitive social issue". Our literal existence is not a "sensitive social issue". Our existence is not political. Our basic human rights are not political.
  • necomancer001 commented  ·   ·  Report

    Please fire whoever came up with this idea. You're making people a target at best.

  • ThiefIing commented  ·   ·  Report

    So I'm just not supposed to talk to, as an LGBTQ+ person, my majority LGBTQ+ audience to support them and speak up on issues that affect all of us? I'm just suppose to shut up and be a good little internet clown? **** no.
  • floramisa commented  ·   ·  Report

    This particular policy will absolutely do more harm than good. I'm very disappointed with Twitch for even entertaining the idea in the first place.
  • ArinZima commented  ·   ·  Report

    My very existence is not "political". I don't get offended easily, but Twitch put the cherry on the cake with this one.

    Remove the content warning label.
  • AnsgarTogg commented  ·   ·  Report

    There is no clean line between "political" and "apolitical." When you pretend there is, you silence marginalized people whose existence is political.
  • Zombie_Sparky commented  ·   ·  Report

    Its really nice to know that Twitch thinks my and other folks existence is a "sensitive subject".

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