I haven't logged on to Twitch for almost a year, but I'm back to stop the absolutely abhorrent nonsense. I get that you are gagged and strapped down by Daddy Advertiser Twitch, but if you aren't too busy getting paddled, I'd appreciate it if you used what little remained of your battered ********* to muster up the ability to say "you know what, maybe I WON'T be a bigoted piece of garbage today."

Very few people WANT to be political, and any controversy this is causing is by people who actively wish harm on the community. The fact you are giving ANY legitimacy to these people is making me want to vomit. Revert this now and let it be a temporary embarrassment that people can be angry about for a few weeks, before getting over it and getting back to their streams of the most nonpolitical gaming, art, and cooking you could possibly imagine. You already broke the trust of the people who make content for your platform, the least you can do is apologize, or at least give one of those **** AI generated "we made a mistake" PR letters we all use as toilet paper.

How you identify yourself is not a political issue. It should never be. This saddens me.

It's impossible for queer, BUPOC, disabled, etc. creators to exist without talking about "sensitive issues" under these rules. This will stunt their growth or force them to hide a major part of themselves. Either way, it damages Twitch's ecosystem

"Sensitive social issues" used as a tool for oppression, hmm, how about no, Twitch.

Considering issues that need to be talked about as taboo will just discourage folks from talking about it at all, and may even extend to not wanting to use your platform, seeing it as an unsafe place to even be.

Then there's also the part of classifying LGBTQ+ topics as "sensitive topics"; frankly, no, I am not going to support anyone trying to suppress such topics, and doubling down on it will only reveal your bias further.

Self-Identity shouldn't be political. Quit making it so.

this bullet point censors queer and bipoc creators from talking, not only about issues that affect them, but also about nice things that are essential for our identity, such as culture and experience. a proper measure to prevent bigots spouting racist and queerphobic bull would be to have clear cut rules against such things, as twitch is a company and not a government, making it legal under free speech laws in the US.

So you want to censor people for existing. Not for actions. What were you thinking? I'm aware you're not a government, but this is nonetheless discrimination based on sexual orientation. Stop it.

It blocks the flow of knowledge about lgbtq+ and hinders people on finding there trueselves

Conflating people being trans with stuff like civil unrest, warfare, etc. is blatant othering. Imagine if straight people or women had to tag themselves as a social issue?

This would lend reactionary bigots an overwhelming amount of power to suppress any group of people they choose and it doesn't necessarily stop at their current favorite targets. At most, individual users should have the choice to opt-in to a tailored experience without denying and suppressing the existence of others as well as their human rights, for their subjective comfort.

if you live in a world where you can exist without talking about "sensitive political issues " then you are living in a privileged world. these are people, human lives. THEY SHOULD BE TALKED ABOUT. This is equivalent to removing history books from a library. To entertain & form a connection with your community, sensitive and vulnerable topics are essential.

As a trans person I want to be able to talk about my life and existence without having to flag myself as a “sensitive social issue”. My life is not a political stance, it’s who I am.

Vote now, or this won't be the only change twitter will make against the community, it always starts small.

I'm not even lgbtq+ myself, I just think this is really *********

LGBTQ+: I want to exist and have the same rights as everyone else
Right Wing: I want you to die

I don't understand why this is so hard for people.?!?

Well actually I do understand it. It's just the the "I want you to die" folks know that if they said what they really meant then they would be bad for them. So they make-up some other **** about "sensitive social issues" to hide behind.
Be we know what they really mean.

This would alienate a huge chunk of viewers and is unacceptable. Politicizing queer peoples' existence benefits no one.

Scenario 1: Alice has a boyfriend and talks about him. To Twitch this isn't a 'sensitive social issue'.
Scenario 2: Bob has a boyfriend and talks about him. To Twitch this is a 'sensitive social issue'.
Scenario 3: Cassandra has no sexual attraction to anyone, and talks about it. To Twitch this is a 'sensitive social issue'

It's bigotry, pure and simple to treat LGBTQIA+ differently. And in many ways reminds me of the people that freaked out about Jadzia Dax kissing another woman, or about how TV stations in the US south censored the kiss between Kirk and Uhura -- it's just bigotry.

And we've got plenty of examples of what happens when LGBTQIA+ people are forbidden to talk about their existence -- whether it was the disaster that was Don't Ask Don't Tell harming military readiness in the US, or Section 28 in the UK harming an entire generation.

Making talking about the issues that impact minorities taboo is part of the othering of minorities that's one of the steps of genocide.

What a ridiculous clause.
If talks about straight relationships and identities are all good according to the rules, why is that not the case for LGBTQ+ people? Why shouldn't they have a seat at the table?

This is unjust, plain and simple.

The gall of pretending like this company cares about Pride at all when this was being put into place under our noses is appalling. Do better.

People discussing their lived experiences should not be labelled as a "sensitive social issue." I'm not censoring myself to protect the delicate sensibilities of oppressors and bigots who will never, under any circumstances, find us acceptable. We can try to fit their parameters, label ourselves, play nice, and it will never be enough. It starts with a label and ends with a ban. I will not give you this foothold. Twitch, you will do better because we demand it. The creators and audiences they attract sustain this platform. We can always build something else somewhere else.