mister twitch go into hiding

LGBT+ people existing and trying to live our lives isn't political, let alone a sensitive issue. This is just about enabling plain old bigotry.

categorizing queer and trans people's existence as "political" is appalling and disgusts me.

this is a horrible look and an infuriating position for twitch to take.

This bullet point only makes the CEO of this platform look like a conservative right-winger.

If i ever stream,i dont want me talking about my genderfluid identity to be "political"

Queer people's existence isn't a 'sensitive topic', it's just a part of life. Do better.

Dear Twitch: please stop posting cringe, thanks.

Surely, there are already measures in place to prevent hate speech and harrassment of marginalized individuals.
This classification only caters to people who want to silence people who are by their measures undesirable.
As a society, we must not bow to such people.

Forcing queer folks to have an identifier just to be themselves is just a digital pink triangle, what is wrong with you, who thought this was a good idea

If someone thinks discussing identity or orientation is a sensitive topic, they are incorrect. Simple as that.

This is straight up discrimination and you should know better.

Trans people and The LGBTQA+ are only politicized by Conservatives because they think of them as lesser than. Conservatives refuse to understand these people because they are bigots who have such narrow world views that they would deny these people their human rights and dignity to exist peacefully without persecution or ridicule. Stop politicizing Trans and LGBTQA+ people, full stop.

This is profoundly queerphobic and will be used to abuse and silence LGBTQ+ people simply existing on their site and mentioning their identity and what its like to live while being LGBTQ+.
My existence is not political.

Absolutely sickening that this would even be suggested as a rule change- much less actually implemented.

I considered buying bits and subs before, and was actually planning on doing so when I learned what was being added to the rules, will never do so again and likely will never return here again if this stays. You've lost a customer, twitch- you've lost many customers besides me.
Hope you are happy if you are going to bow to whiny bigots.
With this and the potential lawsuits for discrimination.

This is ridiculous. Our existence is not a sensitive issue. It's bigots who have a problem with us. Is Twitch a website for bigotry? Is that what you're saying?

How can they possibly compare watching videos of literal WAR, to LGBT people just living and discussing their lives and experiences as people. How would a trans streamer even navigate this? Forcing people to label their streams in this way is rediculous.

Placing warnings on lgbt+ and poc streamers is just like nazis would do in camps, is twitch just fascism? it really is just the ultimate goal of any capitalism system

As part of the LGBTQ+ community and someone who's reproductive rights are always at stake these days this isn't at all okay. All of the new banned topics need to be discussed. It's absolutely disgusting this was added.

Just because I'm trans does not mean it's a political matter. I do not want to tag my stream as political when I am not a political streamer just because I may have to explain that I am transgender to a new viewer for example

My existence is not political.

It's disgusting this even needs to be voted upon.

If twitch do not change this stance, I will never use the platform again.

Sexuality and gender identities are part of everyone's daily life, like having lunch or going to the bathroom, there's nothing about them that should be deemed political or sensitive

Twitch has chosen to turn common sense into a political debate. That's disgusting and disgraceful. My existence is not political.