Honestly I think it makes sense to have something like this if the stream is entirely dedicated to discussing politics- Twitch needs to protect its ad revenue, it's frustrating but I get it. The issue here is, it frames my entire EXISTENCE as political- there is absolutely no way I can talk about my day to day life during a normal stream under these rules. At the very least, Article VII needs to be clarified and explicitly state that incidental topics are exempt. As it stands, it is far too ripe for abuse, and needs to be removed until it is refined.

Someone's existence including mine isn't a political statement, nor it is a sensitive issue, and it just gives a way to bully and discriminate against someone. Remove it.

dont censor people for existing
its not a hatecrime to be queer

Standing for human rights is NOT grounds for a content warning

This is just a way of discriminating against a group of people who make up a large chunk of Twitch's streamers and viewers, including myself.

The wording of 'sensitive social issues' is too vague and easily up to interpretation by bad actors in positions of power to use the ruling to force anyone they have a bias against to use the label and thus lose much of the benefits of streaming on Twitch. All this bullet point will do, if implemented as is, is drive away people who are targeted as 'political issues' to other platforms, much like what has already happened to other social medias.

My existence isn't sensitive, saying that I am trans or gay or anything else like that should be like saying that I'm a gamer, that I'm a writer, that I've grown up watching the very people on Twitch's platform. This is just censorship, at a time where the queer community needs support more than ever. Please don't leave us behind.

Given that bigots view ANY minority's existence as "political" or "explicit", it's clear how this is going to be abused. The fact this is even being CONSIDERED is abhorrent, as it'll lead to several prominent streamers needing to leave the platform because they can't hide their minority status without hiding their faces and/or voices. I fear that, if this is fully implemented, only cishet, abled, white men can use Twitch because queer, disabled, people of color were deemed too "political" by Twitch's rules.

My existence is not your political opinion.

This rule feels like a gateway rule that will lead into censoring topics that have nothing to do with "sensitive media" and in general is much too vague in its phrasing to be implemented as it is.
A"sensitive social issue" could be anything at all of the person claiming it is convincing enough.

As a member of the LGBTQ+ community, I use twitch to participate in communities that have people of similar backgrounds to me, such as many trans spaces such as F1NNST3R, yukkoEX or Skurry as I am already a political pawn ready for anyone who is uninformed about how the biology of the human mind to use to attempt to dehumanize me and many others just for attempting to have the same rights and privileges as those viewed as "normal" or "cishet" around me. I am not a "sensitive social issue" I am a human, just like those who approved of this change to the content classification guidelines, and I believe that humans are capable of changing their mindset from something bigoted, to something more accepting of those around them trying to be themselves and be happy. Remove the final bullet point. I am still a human, just like those who were oppressed in the past, such as people of color, women, and neurodivergent individuals. We must allow twitch to have safe spaces for all who deserve them, those who deserve them being every person.

Why must my life, my identity, my existence be political or sensitive? Why must I be prohibited from talking about even happy things that happen in regards to those things? My existence is not political. It just IS.

This will end up censoring so many queer/LGBTQ+ individuals. Tighter censorship ALWAYS targets us as being "political" just for existing. Twitch needs to do better or it WILL lose its best creators and most loyal users.

I agree that Twitch should remove the "sensitive social issues" clause from Article VII of its Content Classification Guidelines.

I just wanna exist and play games on this site and provide a sense of escapism for people. This policy needs to be removed or it is gonna open the way for people to report me for vibing while playing No Man's Sky just because I have the LGBTQIA+ tag in my stream.

I mean I don’t really have anything to say that everyone else here hasn’t- this should just be common sense and basic human decency really

Mi existencia no es una ""cuestión sensible""

This policy will only lead to censoring minorities

A sickening clause that will likely completely drive me away from the platform, due to the nature of the creators I watch. This does not help or protect anyone. The mere existence of LGBTA+ folks is not explicit, and should never be treated as such.

Twitch should be for the people, not corporations. LGBTQ+ people, immigrants, and reproductive rights are NOT "sensitive social issues". Do better Twitch.