Remove the final bullet point from Article VII!!!

This policy is a clear example of fascist Nazi policy modernized for the internet age. One of the first things the Nazi party did once they gained power was to demand and regulate that Jews "identify" themselves with a "mark" in that case it was a yellow star. This resulted in Jewish businesses to be targeted and destroyed by bigots and Jewish people beat and killed in the streets.

Later they forced a "mark" on persons of the LGBTQ community with a purple or pink triangle. And anyone found to be LGBTQ were round up and placed in camps as well and killed just for existing.

It is clear you have white nationalist's making policy decisions and policy and further white nationalists approving those choices. You can not tell me otherwise as anyone with an ounce of common sense would know that this was a discriminatory policy meant to force people that are for human rights for all and want reproductive protections for all to be "labeled, marked, and cataloged" as a means to have a list of persons to hand over if ever asked should a certain party gain power within the United States on Nov 5th.

WE WILL NOT GO BACK! WE WILL NO GO QUIETLY! WE WILL NOT LET YOU SILENCE OR ERASE US!

If you know what good for you and your shareholders you will drop this policy immediately. Or re learn the lessons of the past like all fascists do in the end. Your bigotry will not be tolerated!

You can't make people's existence a part of a subcategory that will absolutely be both nerfed compared to other's streams AND open them up to more harassment. Fix this.

This is stupid. I live in Germany, and there are literal N*zis on the platform, and no one bats an eye.
But simply existing is "sensitive"

My gender is not a sensitive matter. It doesn't need trigger warnings. If it does, It should read "lgbtq content" not "senditive social issues".

The existence of human beings is not a sensitive matter

I'm not even part of the LGBTQ+ community but this is just plain stupid and ignorant. Different kind of people exist and that's just normal life, it's not an issue. Everyone should be free to talk about whatever they want. If we start to put a label on contents with these arguments we are going to get even closer to a total censoring of anything that "someone" might find "inconvenient". And no, thanks.

People existing is not a "sensitive social issue".

Would love to see one of the largest streaming platforms in the world recognize LGBTQ people as normal and deserving of space. This feels like a common-sense change.

Our existence isn't "political". We just want to exist.

Hello. I appreciate the effort to add more useful and robust content filtering tools. Peformers and Viewers, Platforms and Funders benefit greatly from having the option to opt in or out of content they may want to see at the time. However, I am greatly concerned with the categories that are listed as within that field. To point to one example, bullet 3 is listed as "Livestreams of protests, rallies, or civil unrest related to civil rights issues or government policies", and bullet 4 is "Discussing military conflicts, foreign policy decisions, or national security matters". This makes sense, it gives Twitch staff a better broad term to properly filter and watch what could be contentious, even violent content. It's very convenient this comes out right before a major US election, especially considering what happened 4 years ago. Good. My issue is, this is placed in the SAME category as bullets 5 and 6, "Discussing ideological or socio-political views on topics like gender, race, sexuality, or religion", and "Discussing legislation related to a sensitive social issue such as reproductive rights, LGBTQ+ rights, or immigration"

I understand the intent is to focus on discussion of legislation for topics that may be disadvantageous to the platform as a whole. However, this topic, in practice, especially in the communities I spend the most time in and support, tends to drill RIGHT into the performers' identities. Which as I'm CERTAIN you have access to as part of your automod data and channel-specific rules, tends to be a form of harassment that a certaing group of viewers will target specifically in an attempt to cause chaos. It is not unreasonable to consider that the people who seek out the 'dangerous' content as listed in the other 4 points may find an easy way to find channels they want to target specifically. Congratulations, you've appointed a new fox to your henhouse.

I get the need for a sort of blank check referee card to stop the dangerous stuff from spreading. But this is so vague that healthy discussions that may benefit from proper categorization, or are only sporadic parts of a community, and not discussed as a whole in the content uploaded, will be used for harassment via things like automatic reporting and takedowns, as has happened in other communities. If you're banning people because they have some kind of queer discussion while playing a game, and aren't labeled, or a line is deemed out of context to not be factial, your automated reporting won't be able to understand that, and you'll be punishing the very people this is meant to protect. I want to see this tool implemented, but I want it to also benefit ALL sides of the community, not just silence the troublesome ones.

You do realize how many gamers and streamers are lgbtqia right?

*sigh* I don't really think it's necessary for me to be chiming in as I feel a lot said just about covers what I'm thinking and how I'm feeling, but I'll voice my angle on this.

Since hearing about this whole situation, it is quite staggering to discover. To require us to tag ourselves as LGBTQ+, be it as someone who is queer or an ally, because it's seen as a "political topic" is alarming and just demoralizing in ways I don't think words can even describe.

Being LGBTQ+ is NOT political. It is a part of our being, a part that makes us feel whole and belong in our existence. Whatever person suggested the idea of it being "too political" is not seeing everything for what it is, and/or worse, biasing off of information that incriminates and slanders what makes us who we are.

This being in the guidelines would not only be throwing us under the bus, but it would also make us a target to any anti-LGBTQ+ people out there, who wish nothing but our complete erasure. If your intention is to bring people together, this is a horrible, daunting step backwards. You would put us at risk of harassment, wrongful flagging, you would make us vulnerable to something dangerous, especially to ones who are mentally distressed and/or are still closeted. Even allies who are here to support and be there for us, would be at risk of being attacked by people who rather see us fall in silence.

We are not a political topic, and we are not "sensitive social issues". We are proud people who want to live a peaceful, tranquil life just like anyone else, we are folks we who want to belong just like anyone else, WE ARE EQUAL, INDEPENDENT INDIVIDUALS.

And to make this a required tag because it's viewed as a "sensitive social issue" or "political topic", you might as well tag everyone on your platform. The disappointment couldn't be any greater. Please remove this guideline immediately.

This is genuinely stupid that they are even thinking of censoring this type of talk and labling it under "community guidelines"

The existence of LGBTQ people is not a political matter. Having to flag oneself will make people into targets (which has been done in the past, remember when the Jews had to "flag" themselves by wearing a yellow star in nazi-occupied Europe ?).

Either this policy is dumb or it's evil, no in-betweens. I hope it's just a mistake that will be rolled back, or else we see the beginnings of something darker...

Stop letting people with malicious ignorance relocate the window. Just because hate is popular right now does not mean it's any more reasonable. A person's existence, or location, or bodily autonomy is *not* a 'sensitive social issue'. Requiring someone to tag themselves for discussing their life is not the same as requiring someone to tag thier stream to say that some others should not exist. And the latter should simply not be on this platform. It is not a 2 sided issue, or something that bears consideration. Twitch wields a long lever on the world, please take care with how you move it.

Would you write the same rules about straight, cis people and straight marriage? *********** marriage? Obviously not.

my existence is not political or a “sensitive social issue”

Yay another company giving into right wing culture wars, guess supporting queer people and reproductive rights isn't profitable for y'all anymore?

this is an incredibly harmful change. Trans people existing is not a "political" nor offensive matter.