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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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  • ezel142 commented  ·   ·  Report

    This new addition is either terribly worded or just a subtle way to outcast or label people, who are willing to talk about certain topics. I don't necessarily mind a tag for streams who talk a lot about political topics, as not everyone is in the right mindset for it, but labeling basic human rights as such is fuel for potential hate speech or alienizing those groups for things they have no control over. This point needs to be either removed or rewritten, because it's difficult to tell whether Twitch is clueless or acting in bad faith.

    Streamers should be able to talk about various topics without fingers being pointed at them, as long as they're doing it in a respectful manner. If anyone in their chat doesn't like the topics they're discussing, they can simply just leave and find another person to watch. There's no need for guidelines like this.
  • Izzy_Apex commented  ·   ·  Report

    I am a nearly 40 year old lesbian trans woman. My existence is not a political statement and to begin censoring lgbtqa+ people is the step stone route to getting innocent lgbtqa+ people banned for existing. Remove this insulting point from your article.
    It's insane to consider an entire demographic of humans as "explicit" when we're just trying to live in a world that already wants us gone. Remove this and never revisit it.
  • GadgetP4 commented  ·   ·  Report

    As a person of color and a pansexual, how does talking about my experiences growing up to help those trying to figure themselves out or have a better understanding of their feelings a terrible thing? Why are you gonna punish folks for having a conversation that DOESN'T HURT ANYONE?! That is not political!
  • nuhuhhhhhbhh commented  ·   ·  Report

    I created an account specifically for that. Being lgbtq+, or having any kind of opinion towards you and your body as a woman or immigrant is NOT political. Those are human lives, and not "controversial talking points".
  • r3muz commented  ·   ·  Report

    if anything, adding the 18+ tab is enough. Stop being such a nanny Twitch.
  • Asinametra commented  ·   ·  Report

    This Content Classification creates a strict and obvious split between people who are "acceptable and normal" and those who are not. It is inherently discriminatory by placing certain people into a category that requires special labels, for traits that are as intrinsic to them as natural eye and hair color are to others. Further, to create an exclusionary label for people who are completely within their rights to mention and discuss facts of their existence, is itself a political move. Even if this weren't discriminatory (and make no mistake; it is) it is a self-defeating term playing at neutrality while clearly taking a side.
  • CyppyCipher commented  ·   ·  Report

    Identity should not be political. Think before you act
  • LouiseJulie commented  ·   ·  Report

    Lost your **** minds. Talking about my existence isn't sensitive.

  • RoflNagi15 commented  ·   ·  Report

    How could this even be a thing? I'm not a direct part of the LGBTQ+ , but I support them and people should be able to talk about these things!
  • Kiervtuber commented  ·   ·  Report

    It not a pollical thing cause me saying i'm black as a tag would also be it. disgusting honestly
  • inkyisthewell commented  ·   ·  Report

    What's these social media's issue with having people on their site recently? You cross a line you shouldn't and complain when everyone leaves and goes elsewhere

  • KinkyRay commented  ·   ·  Report

    Me having my pronouns on stream is not a sensitive issue Twitch.

  • arackniss5 commented  ·   ·  Report

    LGBTQ+ topics should not have to be labeled because it will hurt viewership to just talk about who they are as a person.
  • GTSiera commented  ·   ·  Report

    That's completely crazy ! Guy's, Wake UP Twitch are you insane ?
    If you go in that direction you'll continue without me and a lot of people.
    We need to remove this NOW and forever.
  • 16bittango commented  ·   ·  Report

    Our existence is not a political statement. Points like this have the power to throw us right back into the dark ages, can be used to silence marginalised groups, incite hate and further divide an already divided community. The world is getting increasingly more hostile towards us offline as-is - the last thing we need right now is to be shushed on a global scale, on a platform as massive as Twitch.
  • daeqolax commented  ·   ·  Report

    Everything above falls into category of human rights. Which are not political or sensitive issues. Those should always be discussed and not be swept under a rug.
  • ntmajb2001 commented  ·   ·  Report

    Human rights are not political. The existence of LGBTQIA+ people is not political, no matter how much Joanne and her band of Karens try to make it political. This could have disastrous consequences, including some streamers either getting reported for ******** "violations" or becoming easier for bigots to harass. Trying to censor LGBTQIA+ streamers is a slap in the face to them. Do better, Twitch.
  • Lanrilol commented  ·   ·  Report

    Women’s bodies are not political. The lives of immigrants are not political. My existence is not political. Do not silence us.
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