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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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  • CoyoteHare commented  ·   ·  Report

    LGBTQIA+ individuals, Immigrants, and people discussing reproductive rights and care are not explicit or sensitive topics. Thousands of twitch users and streamers would be unable to talk about themselves without fear of censorship and having their content hidden. This is an unacceptable addition to content classification guidelines and should not be implemented.
  • ItsToffee commented  ·   ·  Report

    LGBTQ+ people have been around longer than the internet. Our existence is not political or something to be debated.

    And if you need $$$ to motivate you, I'm pretty sure some of your highest earning streamers are queer in some form or fashion. Do you REALLY want to alienate them?

  • plutorianium commented  ·   ·  Report

    The politicization of queer/LGBTQ+ lives is a more sensitive issue than queer/LGBTQ+ lives themselves. Stop this nonsense. Immigration, romance, and whether or not one wants to build a family are not sensitive issues to be kept behind censorship labels. They're just part of life, real people's lives. You cannot block discussion of your creators' real, lived experiences.
  • Moolinator commented  ·   ·  Report

    Here is a snippet directly from Twitch's own "Hateful Conduct and Harassment Policy:"
    "We know that many people on Twitch–particularly women, members of the LGBTQIA+ community, Black, Indigenous, and people of color–unfortunately continue to experience a disproportionate amount of harassment and abuse online, including on our service. Not only is this blatantly unacceptable, it also undermines the community we’re building on Twitch and threatens the long term viability of streaming as a career for everyone who wishes to pursue it.

    We’re incredibly proud of our Creators who show up every day to create great content and build welcoming spaces for their communities, and facing harassment because of race, gender, or any other protected characteristic is unacceptable and has no place on Twitch. "

    Having worked in food service during pride month, it is incredible the amount of people who walk into the front door and complain to me about "politics," or things "getting political," because they had to see a trans flag on display. With this addition to the policy, anybody daring to display a pride flag on their stream and talk about their experience has the potential to be placed under the "sensitive social issues" label by those who wish to report them. This would undeniably tank viewers for LGBTQIA+ streamers in a way that is, by design, discriminatory, even if that is not the original intention of the policy.

    Two streamers discuss their breakups: one, a straight man, about relationship with his ex-girlfriend. The second, a gay man, about his ex-boyfriend. Both speak at length about their relationships on stream. Would the second streamer be considered to have been speaking politically?

  • Lupa737 commented  ·   ·  Report

    My existence isn't politics but also how are you even supposed to stream games that let you be trans like the new Dragon Age???

  • ChanceKatt commented  ·   ·  Report

    LGBTQ people aren't a "social issue"? A pride flag nor one's sexual, romantic nor gender orientation are a sociopolitical issue whatsoever? This change is so baffling and unnecessary, the only ways to interpret it are malicious.
  • jovial_imp commented  ·   ·  Report

    My existence is NOT a political or sensitive social issue.
  • AoifeMacKay commented  ·   ·  Report

    Unacceptable. My existence is not political.
  • beemixsy commented  ·   ·  Report

    Twitch, this is disgusting and stupid. As if your platform wasn't already a haven for bigots, now LGBTQ+ people need to label themselves? So they get less views and more harassment? Cos some POS at the company thinks other people's lives are "sensitive social issues?" ********.
  • ShilohWrites commented  ·   ·  Report

    Our existence is not political or a sensitive social issue. We are people, not explicit content. Remove the final bullet point from Article VII.
  • DariRyu commented  ·   ·  Report

    I get not wanting to make a big deal out of it. NB here, a bit transmasc, still kinda confused. I don't talk about it, because in the end I'm really the only one who can figure it out. But whatever idiot says that I'm "politically diverse" because I draw breath can eat a bushel of ****.
  • rinisokay commented  ·   ·  Report

    my existence is not a sensitive social topic. i am just me.
  • quwyou commented  ·   ·  Report

    bestie what if you ARE trans?????? like wtf are you even supposed to do????
  • nary_a_care commented  ·   ·  Report

    My existence is NOT "controversial" or "politically divisive" and I'm sick of others constantly politicizing my existence! Anyone who isn't a white cis-het man loses out under this ruling.

    Twitch, remove the final bullet point from Article VII. I'm sick of constantly facing discrimination for who I am. I can never NOT be LGBT. I'm not going to cut away parts of myself to satisfy your closed-minded sensibilities.
  • GCTypo commented  ·   ·  Report

    This is a disgusting policy that serves only to cater to hate groups and hateful people. LGBTQ+ people are politicized only as a "useful" wedge issue to further the ends of hate groups.

    My existence is not up for debate. Do better.
  • CryptidMagpie commented  ·   ·  Report

    My life is NOT a sensitive social issue, my friends are NOT sensitive social issues. It's 2024, not 1970. Humanity is better than this.

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