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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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  • VitalAssassin9 commented  ·   ·  Report

    Trans lesbian here. Do better Dan. You’ll lose a lot of people otherwise.
  • zekromfury commented  ·   ·  Report

    Considering how LGBT+ people's mere ability to exist is seen as a political and social issue, this clause could very well lead to LGBT+ users getting a slap on the wrist for merely talking about their life, about any potential discrimination they may face – and as a few other users have mentioned, this in turn could pave the way to more CoC updates which would have other marginalized groups whose existence is a political issue (black people, Arabic people, Palestinians, etc.) at a disproportionate risk of being warned just by streaming.
  • notanirishginger commented  ·   ·  Report

    I'm queer and nonbinary. I'd rather my very existence not need to be censored in order to not have to incorporate a warning about sensitive social issues.

  • esahc413 commented  ·   ·  Report

    there are more queer people on this platform than you think there are. we are not a political issue, we are people.

  • realmontyfatcat commented  ·   ·  Report

    This would literally wipe out all my favourite streamers because, by virtue of existing, they're "sensitive political content" when they talk about their lives
  • Ignightroad commented  ·   ·  Report

    This is gonna be a slippery slope that ostracizes POC streamers simply for being darker and I do NOT want to watch my fellow creatives start to get attacked simply for being POC. Being gay is not a political issue, nor is being trans. You cannot be the same website that has 'KappaPride' be an emote and then start shoving us away. "We're here, we're queer, get used to it."
  • onelonepotato commented  ·   ·  Report

    i would really love my existence as an nb person to not be a "sensitive social issue" that we need to censor or warn people about
  • insidious_clouds commented  ·   ·  Report

    I am a trans man and aroace. I shouldn't have to go to a stream that says 'sensitive social issues' for me to find a queer creator. It is just derogatory to call us that.
  • kawaiigothcrypt commented  ·   ·  Report

    So the appearance of myself on my own stream is a political issue? Nah. Grow up.

  • SpiderCrochet commented  ·   ·  Report

    As a queer streamer who's on hiatus, i find this policy abhorrent. Historically, censorship of queer people and media doesn't end well for the people enforcing the censorship. You're standing on the side of Book Burners essentially, most notably Nazi Book Burners, who burned medical texts on gender-diverse bodies first. Censoring queer people, media, and topics is not the look you want, all things considered.

  • Bokazam commented  ·   ·  Report

    there's nothing "sensitive" about people living their lives. humans get human rights, plain and simple
  • appayeetyeet44 commented  ·   ·  Report

    My existence shouldnt be sensitive. And if someone thinks it is then they need to stop acting like a snowflake
  • chaicatte commented  ·   ·  Report

    Silencing a whole sector of EXISTING PEOPLE is discrimination in its biggest form.

  • kaixxielfingkoi commented  ·   ·  Report

    I'm a trans man, my right to speak in the future on twitch about stuff that pertains to my rights, and the rights of others like me shouldn't have to be put behind a censor. It's not political at all and shouldn't be treated as such. Please vote people.
  • pizzacrustpebis commented  ·   ·  Report

    Please remove this article! Queerness has nothing to do with “sensitive subjects”, we are real people with real experiences and issues that cannot be censored unless you want people to forget we exist completely.
  • SoulSludge commented  ·   ·  Report

    i stream every once in a while for my followers on my art platform and while its just like, a non-professional 7 person stream and i'm not big moneymaker, i still intend to take my streaming elsewhere if i have to mark my streams as 'sensitive'. im 2spirit and lesbian, i make art about being trans and gay inherently because most of my art is just about my emotions and experiences. censoring my artistic expression earns a big no from me
  • 13ulbasaur commented  ·   ·  Report

    This is a benefit solely to bigots. I hope that I don't have to explain why that is bad.

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