This is totally unnecessary and arbitrary, limiting the ability of streamers to discuss topics and punishing them for discussing their own lives, identity or news of the day.

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I would like to make it clear that I and my streams on Twitch do not want to be labeled as a “sensitive social issue”. Such labels can threaten the lives and livelihoods of many people. I hope for your understanding and support.

This seams like it wasn't thought through by Twitch very well. Like could some one who makes gay jokes in their videos constantly (non maliciously) get a warning? Could a man married to a man having a conversation about his husband? What about the fact that people who use the tag will probably get less clicks on their streams just because some people won't give them the chance of they see it?

And the obvious that being LGBTQ isn't an "ideology" or "political" it's just a person being alive and they so happen to be categorised under this. Politics are involved with the law around it sure, but not the LGBTQ acronym itself.

It also just reinforces the stigma that it's something to be weary of as this suggests it's something that is controversial or shouldn't just be casually talked about when that is only the case for people who either don't understand it or are just bigots. I don't stream on or really even watch Twitch but part of that reason is because of stuff like this. They are so unfair with their rules and also in force them inconsistently. Hope this gets resolved.

Our existence isn't a social issue or really any kind of issue, it's a fact of life and certainly not something to be hid in a dark corner and whispered about in fear.

My existence & the existence of so many people I care about isn’t a “sensitive social issue”. 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈

I'm the most basic heterosexual white man. I support this vote to remove sensitive social issues clause because of common sense and basic human rights.

Simply existing or talking about "sensitive" issues should not be cause to be censored or chilled with tags or put in a box. That new update should never have been put through.

Me just wanting to talk about my cute dates with my significant other shouldn't be political just because we're both trans in one way or another. If it's okay for cis straight people to talk about it, why would it not be okay/there be a need for some warning for me to talk about the same thing? Any reason you come up with for that is based in prejudice. The same prejudice that has been used against left handed people in the olden days. People are different, that doesn't need a warning label!

There's no parity in this topic. Queer and trans people simply exist. Our lives and experiences are no more intrinsically sensitive a topic than anyone else's. Opposition to our lives and experiences *is* a very political stance, just as opposition to the lives and experiences of any other people would be.

As laws and legislation exist to oppose our lives and experiences, gating off all discussion of them equally only benefits those who oppose our lives and experiences.

Hi. I'm AFAB Nonbinary. I'm also pansexual. In short, I am a person who likes people. Most people I interact with never even realize I'm even LGBT+ unless it happens to come up in conversation. My existence is only a social issue to people who will do anything in their power to suppress anyone who isn't just like them.
I live in an area full of people who want to see folks like me removed from society, so I have spent my entire life quietly keeping my head down just to stay safe. The internet is a place to escape for many of us who do not currently have the means to leave these places that would sooner see us dead. To say that even that small reprieve should be stripped away from us because the fascists can't handle the fact that the world isn't all one sort of person is absurd. The only people responsible for managing their delicate feelings is themselves, not society at large.

if you glance at the comments, you'll likely note that many creators find it severely misinformed for twitch to find parts of our identities as worthy of censorship. The squeakiest wheels are not always the majority.

Imagine if I, a straight man, had to label my stream as sensitive because I talked about my marriage to my wife. If I don't have to, why should LGBTQIA+ people have to when talking about their lives/partners/marriages/people in their community?

That bullet point makes absolutely no sense and 100% should not be there.

Classifying the existence of LGBTQ+ people as political is not a way of "staying out of having a stance" if that is what this is trying to do, which I doubt. By doing so, you are actively saying that a person's mere existence and identity is something combative and up for question. You are absolutely taking a side with this, and it is the bigoted, fascist one.

My existence as a queer, disabled trans man is not a political or sensitive subject.

My existence shouldn’t be political or require content flags.
My relationships shouldn’t be political or require content flags.
This is don’t say gay all over again

What’s next? They’re gunna make pronouns political too?
“Oh he’ll be back, he’s doing dishes” *STRIKE*

My existence as a queer, disabled woman isn’t a political or sensitive social issue.

The existence of LGBTQ+ people does not need to be warned for.

I'm really tired of myself, and everyone else in the LGBTQA+ space being labeled as a "political" issue. We're not. There is nothing political about wanting to be treated with the same human rights as everyone else. I'm honestly not even surprised that Twitch is attempting to shove this new change in, seeing as how they gave the orange man who shall not be mentioned by name a platform on this site.

This feels like either a malicious change by someone higher up, or a really poor attempt to throw a blanket over the entire topic and hope that people won't speak up about it. I don't even understand how someone thought this was a good idea in a meeting, since a large chunk of the userbase on Twitch is part of the LGBTQA+ sphere.

I guess it's time to pull out Ol' Reliable. #DoBetterTwitch