I don't talk about any of my "sensitive social issues" or anything on stream but a lot of my friends might and we do sometimes game together, jfc this is a stupid change that Twitch has done.

There are so, so many queer people and POGM who could have their livelihoods (or honestly, their fun way of hanging out with friends and fans) completely obliterated just for existing under the current rules. The only reason Twitch would keep these rules is if they are purposely trying to eradicate everyone but straight white men from their platform.

My existence and life are not political. Clauses like this are designed to be used to silence those who speak about lives like mine. Remove the final bullet point from Article VII.

My entire channel is dedicated to creating a safe space in the gaming community for LGBTQ+ people. This is not only literal discrimination against the community, but mine and many other creators' channels would be forced to leave the platform due to how much it would devastate us. It also removes those safer spaces for queer people, which could be life-threatening.

WE ARE NOT A POLITICAL ISSUE! WE ARE HUMAN BEINGS!

People in the LGBTQ community, immigrants, and folks from other minority groups aren't "sensitive social topics". We're people who should be able to share our perspectives just as easily as everyone else. All this would do is give bigots ways to false flag streams from anyone they disagree with.

Labeling an entire class of person as 'political' and then singling out streams which are 'political' forces LGBTQ streamers to either become silent or make themselves targets. Forcing LGBTQ streamers to alter their speech or remove parts of themselves from their lexicon and topic discussions is obvious censorship and its ramifications are numerous and clear.

my existence isn’t political

Bigots shouldn't be given a tool to report lgbtq+ based on their existence.

People in the LGBT community are not a "sensitive social issue" that needs to be discussed separately. Thinking this way leads to creating spaces where people can be intolerant towards us and those types of people can have spaces where that type of opinion is valid.
I feel the same way about the other topics that Twitch wants to apply a content label. These are not issues that should be discussed separately, they should not create safe spaces for intolerance.

I politically woke up this morning, politically made breakfast, politically peed, and politically had to learn about this crud. Plz just let me wake up, make breakfast, ***, and doomscroll in peace without accusing me of being woke for effing breathing.

Seriously, do yall really expect me to slap a content label on stream when I take my progesterone because someone did a medcheck? Is taking my PRESCRIBED BY A DOCTOR medication really deserving of a label?

What me or many others are attracted to, are not attracted to, or simply their gender is not political. Its just who we are, its like if you have poc label their streams as political just for their race. Do f*cking better twitch.

This policy could very easily end up penalizing LGBTQ+ streamers for bringing up their own experiences. Brief mentions of something like "Oh yeah I'm trans/lesbian/gay/bi/ace" could very easily end up turning into a full on extended discussion of the topic and of the streamer's own life experiences, and whoops looks like you just lost your ads due to that violation and you'll have to flag your stream over that, which is gonna turn away viewers! Better censor yourself instead so that doesn't accidentally happen, or just accept that you need to flag your stream and potentially turn away viewers. Not to mention the chilling effect it has on collaborations that non-LGBTQ+ streamers might have with LGBTQ+ streamers due to fear of their own streams losing their ad revenue by accident. This policy needs to go.

Twitch is a **** ******

Do better twitch!

i don't get why being a marginalized identity is considered political by anyone short of an alt-right maga freak, because where's the political impact of loving someone of the same gender? what's the political aspect of being a person of color? it's such a flimsy excuse for extremists to latch onto and abuse the **** out of. the minute anyone who isn't straight, cis, and/or white comes on, what'll stop them from doing whatever they want once this crazy-*** rule comes in? twitch doesn't need this, and never will.

People wanting to be treated with dignity and respect doesn't need a content warning. People wanting human rights for themselves and for others does not need a content warning. Speaking up against discrimination isn't a crime.

Staff: Are you seriously that afraid of streamers - who, most of the time, can barely even pay their own bills - doing charity events for minority groups? Charity work to help people who may not even have a roof over their head, or anything to eat? Is that truly what you think is the top priority?

This is going to be weaponized by bigots. And for LGBTQ+ people especially, your previous pride events look even more shallow than they already did. It's an embarrassment to see staff mishandle their time and resources like this.

Focusing on such blatantly bigoted, and otherizing legislation, rather than try and fix genuine problems. Shameful and embarrassing behavior to witness.

I am part of the LGBTQIA+ community, most of the content creators I watch on Twitch are also a part of it, and I will not continue to use this platform if those creators are being unfairly censored from simply discussing the more "controversial" aspects of their personal lives. The only ones making it controversial in the first place are bigots, and you should know that. Shame on you, Twitch.

Making queer existence political, and especially “sensitive topic” is trivial and disgusting. Twitch, do better.

Calling my attraction "political" is one of the weirdest things I've ever heard. Twitch should be ashamed.